[Alastair had managed to find some kind of peace with the fact that not only was his home gone, but when the war ended, the same sort of nothingness awaited him.
So when the announcement comes, for a moment he's simply stunned. It doesn't even really register for a few moments, and then he's meeting Desmond's gaze with a huge smile of disbelief and joy, and before he even realizes what he's doing, Alastair's running across the shop to pull Desmond into a tight embrace.]
We can stay.
[He murmurs it quietly at first, still fully grasping what it means. Then, as he holds Desmond a little tighter, he laughs.]
580 duh
So when the announcement comes, for a moment he's simply stunned. It doesn't even really register for a few moments, and then he's meeting Desmond's gaze with a huge smile of disbelief and joy, and before he even realizes what he's doing, Alastair's running across the shop to pull Desmond into a tight embrace.]
We can stay.
[He murmurs it quietly at first, still fully grasping what it means. Then, as he holds Desmond a little tighter, he laughs.]
We can stay!