"I let you undress me then. Incorrigible," Tuck joked, even though his voice was low and he was clearly still in pain. He was surrounded by people he loved and he was less worried the Sheriff would come back and just kill him. The attack had been painful, but he could still move everything. He didn't feel like he had a concussion, which was some kind of miracle. He could live with 'quite the shiner'.
He hissed air through his teeth as Will cleaned a particularly tender part of his face. "It's alright," he reassured his boyfriend. "Just a sore spot. I'll tell people I was in a valiant quest. It sounds braver than, 'he threw laptop at me which made me fall and then he held me down'."