"I didn't think you liked it, and you have an incentive to answer, because I'll stop playing, you know that," he said with a grin.
The expression was wiped out off his face when Adrian mentioned being hexed. "Christ, baby, that's..." He rested his forehead against Adrian's, not knowing what to say. Everything seemed superfluous and empty. "Stop picking on Terry," said, but his heart wasn't in it. "Only you."
"I know... I was stupid... no, I was afraid, because you meant something. You always have, but this time.... I don't know, it was different." He buried his head in the crook of Adrian's neck. "I felt so alone, and you... you treated me like nothing had changed."