[This truly is new. They've never gotten this far into anything like this without Crowley either shutting down, getting off a parting shot, and leaving or him turning cold and cutting rather than admitting his feelings are hurt.
He returns the squeeze and listens all the way through. He inhales slowly and leans forward to press a kiss to his forehead.]
My darling, that could never be true. And I would never do anything deliberately to send you that sort of message.
[He lifts his hands to kiss them, too.]
It pains me that it happened carelessly. It won't again. Not if I'm in control of myself at all. I need you to understand. With Mister Tarabatti... It hearkened back to a different time for me. I allowed myself to get caught up in the moment and have a dance. To interact in a way that I haven't in a very long time. I didn't allow it to get serious, and I wouldn't have. If anything, I believed the fact that you were there was ample indication it was a lark.
That was my mistake. I didn't know how you'd take it. And I apologize. I don't need or want anyone else. I never will.
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He returns the squeeze and listens all the way through. He inhales slowly and leans forward to press a kiss to his forehead.]
My darling, that could never be true. And I would never do anything deliberately to send you that sort of message.
[He lifts his hands to kiss them, too.]
It pains me that it happened carelessly. It won't again. Not if I'm in control of myself at all. I need you to understand. With Mister Tarabatti... It hearkened back to a different time for me. I allowed myself to get caught up in the moment and have a dance. To interact in a way that I haven't in a very long time. I didn't allow it to get serious, and I wouldn't have. If anything, I believed the fact that you were there was ample indication it was a lark.
That was my mistake. I didn't know how you'd take it. And I apologize. I don't need or want anyone else. I never will.