"I love you," he whispered back, and he might be crying, he honestly can't tell because Ilya loses himself a little when he has to go over what happened - and SHIELD made him go over it again and again, until they had every detail they could get from him. "I don't lie to people I love. I know - I know all this is crazy and I don't understand why I'm here any better than you do but what happened is a part of who I am now. And I needed you to know all of me before you said you loved me, even the parts that are ugly." He nuzzled his head into Dolemeck's shoulder, taking shelter in his presence where things were warm and safe. "I couldn't keep what we have going on any lies, zvezda moya."