"I shouldn't make you worry, but I suppose I understand why you do if it's about me. But what I have and have found with you, Puck is..." Loki paused, trying to think of how to put it all into words.

The other let him be vulnerable, and safe. He cared, loved him--and had shown him repeatedly not just with words but with action. Even when Loki was sure the other would reject him finally... Puck hadn't.

"I have never had a relationship like I have with you, my dear Puck. It is valuable to me, and a gift, and I do my best to be worthy of it. Because you are worth it, and a treasure to me, and a partner."