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The inherent agony in realizing boris only ever stole the painting in the first place because he saw it was a beautiful thing, like a physical part of theo he could keep for himself and hold onto and keep safe regardless of how strung out or miserable theo ever got and then he lost it and theo wasn't at his side anymore and the only way boris was ever going to feel like he could redeem himself was to keep the painting completely untraceable back to theo to protect him until he could return the painting himself and he finally FINALLY does it after agonizing over it for eight years and someone has a gun to his head demanding he give them the painting and how tightly he holds onto it because how else will theo forgive him or love him if boris lets the painting slip away for the second time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!