Essek does what he would not have considered to be possible, he reaches for Caleb's hands to draw it into his own, looking up into those eyes that look so wonderfully beautifully, like a ocean of possibility. He could nearly drown in them.

Then he steps a bit closer, tentatively and hesitantly.

It was not that he feared that Caleb would break his heart, but just that he was not used to such simple acts of emotion like these, it felt fragile and precious and he wanted to hold it and cherish it for as long as possible. "For as long as you want to have me, I am yours."