Jake was about to open his mouth to try and argue with Cougar some more when he drops the L-bomb, and for once in his life, Jake Jensen is found speechless.

He just gapes for a little while, something that has the unfortunate side-effect of allowing Cougar to carry on with his stupid martyr routine, but he's too stupefied by the revelation that Cougar loves him for some godforsaken reason to do anything to cut him off before he builds up enough steam to convince himself to walk away.

"Carlos," he whispers, completely ignoring the idiotic speech Cougar is apparently determined to give. "You're such a fucking idiot, man."

Lurching out of the computer chair, his sudden movement sending it spinning drunkenly out from beneath him, Jake lands with a heavy thump on his knees in front of Cougar, reaching up to grab his hands in both of his and hold on tight. He's forgotten his glasses by his laptop, which means the stare he's giving Cougar is a little unfocused around the edges, but hey, this gives him a great view of Jake's baby blues.

"I'm still mad at you, for the record," he says, but the little smile curling his lips belies that statement, as does the way he lunges forward to press a clumsy kiss to the corner of Cougar's mouth.