Marek felt perfectly comfortable with the closeness. Alright, so it wasn't strictly a friendship kind of closeness, especially between two men. If he'd held to any traditions or conventions about what two men should and should not do, though, Duke had broken those already. He figured they could probably break the rules of his personal bubble (not that those had ever been very strict) without breaking the rules of his relationship.
"Well, I don't want to encourage you, because I don't like saying no," he said, and realized belatedly that might sound like encouragement anyway. "But I know you'll do whatever the hell you want anyway, so..." He shrugged, expression amused. Vaguely, he mused, "I never thought of myself as a challenge. I've always been pretty easy."