There's the kind of pride Quentin wears on his sleeve all the time, and then there's the kind of pride he wells with quietly when Kyle says things like that. Similar but ultimately very different feelings, he realizes.

He chuckles against Kyle's chest and looks up at him from there. "Not gonna lie, he's not like my favourite person," Quentin admits. "But he is you. I checked. And I'd take that version of you over none of you at all any day."

Plus, it's not just your fault about the handjob. I don't think I could have kept focused enough to stay hard," he admits bashfully.