Danny was silent a moment, his brow slightly creased the way it often did when he was thinking.

"Last time, I- I wasn't really here. I mean, I was, but, not completely. I never let anything get serious because... I was still so fixated on him. Alex. ...I'd be a liar to say it's all behind me. I don't think he'll ever be behind me. ...I would like to try though. To be here. Really here."