Hugo had to fight every urge to lean over the bar and kiss Scorpius right then. He'd waited to hear that the other man wanted to be with him for weeks and now here he was, saying those very words. "Do you really? Because I'm not.. I'm not the sort of bloke who can do things half-arsed. I don't want to sort of be with you while you figure out how I'm going to fit in your life. I don't want to sit and wait around for you to freak out about someone knowing we're together."
Because, if Hugo had to be honest, he wasn't going to be able to handle going through that again. He probably couldn't afford it either as a good portion of his wages had been spent on whiskey.