"You say that like you were a burden for me. You weren't. You lost someone; you're allowed to hurt." And there had been times he genuinely, deeply worried about Drake, but not in a while.

"This is fun. Being with you is fun. Condom shopping was even fun. And I still, actually, really miss you barebacking me. Thank you for being so understanding. Maybe tonight we can just, you know, this once, go without one."