"but you're my husband, james. you are my man. and i am going to love you until my very last breath. now, shut your mouth, get here, and give me a kiss."
Sometimes I envision there would be an announcement from kieron that he's finally retiring from hollyoaks. He would act out his exit storyline. Sometimes I envisioned his exit storyline would be one lost on screen row of sorts with Brendan but his last scene remains the same.
Ste would be wearing his little jumpsuit, a bag pack on one shoulder with a duffle bag in hand walking along that little square on his way out. In the distance there would be Brendan/Emmett standing in front of a black cab, in that large gray coat Brendan owns with his hands in his pockets. His hair is long and all pepper grayed-beard just standing there looking at Ste/Kieron. He looks disheveled yet resolved in some way. There aren't any words really exchanged, just a look of longing and home. Sometimes I envision Brendan just saying to Ste "let's go home" but it's usually not actually voiced, just like resolution in some way. Kieron's just happy to see an old friend smiling at Emmett's out stretched hand.
He just grabs his hand firmly, Brendan takes Ste's duffle bag in one hand and they enter the cab, driving off in the distance as the camera pans out to the wide road ahead.
"You have to be honest with yourself. And when you're ready to do that, I'm gonna be right here by your side. And so will mum. We all will. Because we love you no matter what."