"I'm not sitting here crying," Stephen said amused. "I'm not going to waste my day, worrying until I can't think or breathe. That doesn't mean that I don't worry, will always worry, just like you do it with me. It's human nature, baby, and don't even trying saying otherwise, because I know you worry about me."
Stephen smiled. "I don't know. You are a Slytherin. It's easier to say yet to an improbability than argue with someone." He knew Adrian wouldn't play games with him, but some things were so ingrained that were done without conscious thought. "But okay, I believe you."