[This time the laugh was a bit dry.]

Move my time to match yours.

[He moves his own hands to rest on Alec's shoulders, squeezing tight before one of them moved to cup his face.]

I want nothing more than to be with you, and nothing's made more sense. But the damn years make me backstep. It's like I've lost time and there's no way of getting it back, no matter how hard I try. I can't start where you are, and you can't start where I am. It's an impasse I don't know how to surmount.