Chris Evans Reacts to Ryan Reynolds Thanking Him for His Cameo in Deadpool & Wolverine: ‘There’s Something in My Eye’

NOTE: This article contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.

Chris Evans had a sweet reaction to Ryan Reynolds’ shout-out!

After Reynolds, 47, shared an Instagram post thanking Evans, 43, for his cameo as Johnny Storm (a.k.a. Human Torch) in Deadpool & Wolverine on Friday, Aug. 9, Evans penned an emotional reply in the comments.

“Damn it. There’s something in my eye ❤️,” the Knives Out star wrote. “There may be an ocean of Chrises, but only one Ryan Reynolds. And he gives the BEST gifts. This one is gonna be tough to beat.”

Referencing the final slide in Reynolds’ post, a photo of his character’s grisly — yet hilarious — death in the film, Evans added: “Also, I think I really pop in that last picture.”

The Deadpool star went on to write that “part of the movie’s theme is saying goodbye… And one of the gifts of working on the film is that we got to say goodbye on different terms.”

“Seeing Johnny Storm (if only for a short while) was like seeing someone you miss come back from the dead in a dream. Way too brief and too lovely to be real,” he wrote. “Goodbyes are hard. It was hard saying goodbye to Chris Evans’ Johnny Storm. But at least we got to actually say it this time.”

“On the other hand, it wouldn’t have been necessary if he hadn’t run his fat-a-- mouth around Cassandra,” he said, referring to Emma Corrin’s villainous character in the film. “Or if she hadn’t zip-zapped his skin, leaving his organs to splash crudely onto the ground, while the soil greedily drank his blood. It was horrible.”

Finishing his tribute, Reynolds added, “Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm: We love you. Wherever you are, I’m sure you’re thriving. #FlameOff 🧯#DeadpoolAndWolverine ❤️⚔️\|/💛.”

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Evans previously opened up to PEOPLE about his Deadpool & Wolverine cameo, which he said he agreed to with zero hesitation.

"It was a couple years ago and I got a text from Ryan [Reynolds], we're buddies," Evans told PEOPLE. "He just said, 'Listen, if you don't like this idea, no worries whatsoever. But I have something that could really bring the house down and would let you play a character from your past.' "

Because it was Reynolds asking, Evans said, it was a no-brainer.

"I mean, honestly, I would do anything Ryan asked," he said. "He gave me a great cameo in Free Guy already, and I just trust him completely. So the chance to be Johnny again, I couldn't pass up. I loved it. It was fun to shoot, fun to watch, all of it."

Deadpool & Wolverine is in theaters now.