Zach liked the idea of buried treasure, and it was all...fun and exciting and potentially related to pirates! That was all...good. And Zach hadn't ever thought about Colin as a gold digger, though Zach was more than happy to be his...sugar daddy? Zach just wanted to take care of Colin, as best he could. And he wasn't going to let Colin starve because some evil bastard made it hard for him to get a job.
"Well, she said no, as you know, but anyway, it helped me realize...I want a family," Zach kept swirling his spoon in his tea as he talked, "and I want KIDS, lots and lots of kids. And they don't have to be mine to be mine. Merlin, I'd hope they weren't all mine. That'd be a lot of straight sex. And I'd want the people I love to be there. And like...wouldn't that be amazing? Whether it was one big house, or if you just lived nearby or...something. I thought it seemed nice."