[He does relent with the towel, and for some reason that's what makes his whole body slow down and he looks away from Eames face to manage the sudden lump in his throat. This is happy, or it should be - he pictured this reunion as overwhelmingly positive but there's still so much to deal with. Eames has been through so much and Arthur's put himself thorugh hell to get him back and it fucking sucks and there are so many emotions happening at once right now that Arthur didn't want to deal with.]
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[He does relent with the towel, and for some reason that's what makes his whole body slow down and he looks away from Eames face to manage the sudden lump in his throat. This is happy, or it should be - he pictured this reunion as overwhelmingly positive but there's still so much to deal with. Eames has been through so much and Arthur's put himself thorugh hell to get him back and it fucking sucks and there are so many emotions happening at once right now that Arthur didn't want to deal with.]