He laughs to see Kyle's lanky ass flop his way across that ludicrously oversized mattress. He wiggles himself closer to where Kyle settles until he's tucked up against his boyfriend's shoulder.

The question seems a simple one but Quentin thinks about it a moment as he looks at Kyle's relaxed expression. There's the question Kyle's asking and then a more literal answer that addresses an unintentionally spurious premise. "It's not easier," he says. "But I was never with her."