"I shouldn't have told you about the hand thing," he commented, rolling his eyes with some amusement. Leave it to Terence to keep bringing up that embarrassing little tidbit. He didn't really know what he wanted Terence to tell him. He didn't think he wanted the okay to seek something more with Dobbs, and given his dislike of being told not what to do, he really doubted he'd come there for him to tell him to stay away from her. All in all, the problem was that he didn't know what he wanted.
"How do people do this all the time," he sighed, finishing off his own meal. He was going to take his own plate to the sink, but Terence was already doing it. "It's exhausting." It was so much easier just not to get attached.
Merlin knew, Adrian didn't eat sweets. He didn't stay in shape by stuffing his face with sugar, but it was a very good distraction and let's not forget that they were bloody good. He scoffed when Terence teased him about being fat, "I'll never be fat." he responded, taking a a bit of the concoction. "Merlin, I fucking love cheesecake."