"This is news?" Ava asked. She'd always figured as much, but since Jack had never said so, she'd never commented. "I don't mean that in a 'oh, everyone knows that' sort of way, because they don't. I just mean...fuck, Jack. I know you. And I always had some idea you were. But that's your business so I just figured I'd wait for you to tell me. And now I'm glad you have. Now sit down and let's get some coffee in you instead of on you."
She poured him a cup and added some cream that she kept around for him, then kissed his cheek when she handed it to him. It involved standing on tiptoes and dragging him down into it. He was kinda like a fucked up sort of brother to her. "I figure there's a reason you just busted out with it without so much as a by the way," she said, but didn't ask what the reason way. He'd get to it if he wanted to.