"He told me how multiple partners are a bit of a joke around here. That you'll always love one partner more than the others, that one will be more important. For him, he's already had that--but the other guy left. I can't be that for him. For anyone, yet, maybe ever. I've never been able to do it before." He frowns, gathers his thoughts.

"I'm most comfortable being the third wheel. Not being 'the one'. Running support instead, does that make sense?"