Connor just stares for a moment after V's admission, his anxious babbling washing over him. I love you. It's all he fixates on for the moment, his LED whirring yellow as he tries to comprehend the feelings those three words caused to well up inside him.

Then it returns to blue, and Connor beams. He finally understands his own feelings, and how V had felt as he connected with him through synchrony. It's love. He pulls V close- he kisses him to shut him up, then tugs him into a tight hug.

"I love you too." He means every word. He's never meant anything more. The warm ache in his chest is easy to feel over their shared connection, proving as much. Burying his face in V's shoulder, he softly repeats himself. "I love you." The words are foreign on his tongue, but not unpleasant. They feel as natural as walking and talking.