pretending to forgive my inner child so it comes out of hiding and i can deliver the final blow

what the fun part is for me in all of of this. is the fairly explicit confirmation that yes he is this hung up on her and what they had as two people who had nothing but each other all these years later. and he can have friends and a found family and a partner that he loves and he can orbit around her nuclear family all he likes but a real part of him will always miss when they knew so little about each other but he could also call her his life partner without it feeling complicated or comparatively selfish. and like we knew this but its nice to get the confirmation that liam remembers this too. unfortunately he will be going to hell for what he did