"I wouldn't like that," he said, almost too conversationally but he didn't care, he found it intriguing even if it was completely weird. "If I wasn't who I was, you wouldn't like it and I wouldn't either. I don't understand why people would go through that unless... No, I really don't understand at all, not truthfully."
He smiled. "I know it's not a competition but it doesn't stop me from being competitive about it anyway. I want to make you happy and I want to make you proud... I wouldn't try if I didn't care."
Adrian raised an eyebrow. "I'd never risk us. You know that, don't you?" he asked, not sure if Stephen believed him completely. "Never. I mean, if we had to, I'd stop all of this to keep you. I can't imagine not having you, no matter how tempting getting myself ready or fisting in public is," he teased.