My boyfriend (M21) had a very long, very invasive surgery today. He was under strong anesthesia for nearly 4 hours. They finally call and say we can come see him, but warned us he was EXTREMELY high from the anesthesia.

I (F19) have been with him for almost a year and a half. We tell each other we love each other multiple times a day every day. I have never doubted he loves me. But today was just a new level.

He comes out of the ICU, he doesn’t see me at first, and then the nurse points to me and says “there she is!” He looks at me, begins to cry and reaches his hands out for me like a baby, telling me I was the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen in the whole world, he is so happy to see me, he loves me, he can’t believe I’m his girlfriend, staring at my face, kissing my hands. The nurses told me he couldn’t stop talking about me when he woke up after the surgery. He grabbed my hand the whole way back to his room, and while we are in the room, every single time a nurse came in, he asked them “isn’t she so pretty? This is my girlfriend!! She is so sweet” and I honestly could not keep myself from crying. He was in so much pain, yet he would still grab onto my hand and smile at me from his hospital bed. He would drift off to sleep still holding my hand, then wake up and freak out until I reassured him I was right next to him, and he would just smile so big and adorable and fall back asleep again. I don’t even know if he will remember all of this tomorrow, but I don’t care. I don’t know how I could love this boy even more, but I do.

Just wanted to gush. Thanks Reddit