“Are you serious right now? You know I never loved him.”
“Yeah,” I said petulantly. “You never loved him enough to almost marry him.”
“Gods,” he groaned. “I can’t believe the both of you still give me shit for that.”
“Well, you did wait until the very last moment to announce your undying love for me in front of everyone.”
“Right,” he said dryly. “My undying love. Funny how you think then I’d throw that all away for an accidental hand job. And I’m still w
ondering how that works. Does he trip and fall and his hand hits my dick and then we just keep going?”
“The world is a mysterious place,” I said.
“You’re an idiot.”
“Hey! We’re laying on a pillow. You can’t call me an idiot when we’re having pillow talk.”
“You’re talking about me having an organic farm called the Rusty Rystin!”
“I think of great names for things,” I said. “It’s one of my many, many talents.”
“Sam,” he said. “I’m never going to leave you.”
“Wow,” I breathed, sure there were stars in my eyes. “That was amazing.”
“I know,” he said, sounding rather pleased with himself. “It’s one of my many, many talents.”
“You’re ruining the moment with your ego.”
“But you just said the same thing—”
“Tell me more about how much you love me.”
“I love you more than anything else in the world.”
“We’re being serious now, huh?”
“Yeah.”
I kissed the tip of his nose. There were little crinkles around his eyes as he smiled. “Okay.”
“We’ll be okay,” he said. “It’s a month. Sooner, if Kevin’s wing heals. He carried us once. He’ll carry us again.”
“But it’s racist—”
“I don’t think that means what you all think it means,” he said. “And he’d do it, I think. For me. For you.”
“Probably.”
“And.”
“And?”
He hesitated, which meant I probably wasn’t going to like whatever he said next. “And… you know you can tell me anything, right?”
I kept the small smile on my face, even though I felt cold. “I know.”
His eyes searched mine, for what I didn’t know, but there was a flash of disappointment that quickly disappeared before it could turn into something more. “Good. I just… I know being a wizard means you’ll have your secrets, but if you ever need to tell me something, I’ll listen. No matter what.”