"Again, I'm not stubborn. If you can prove that I'm wrong, I'll be more than willing to listen. Like the portkey, I perfectly good with turning the ring into one. However, until you prove that I'm wrong, I can support my point eloquently and with conviction." He grinned. "See, I'm not stubborn at all."
He kissed Adrian back as they walked out of the bathroom. As he had expected, the air there was cooler than the bathroom, steam following them. "You can get naked and warm, and then you can get naked again," he said, and then as an afterthought he added, "It's not easy. It's bloody hard."