"Don't you quote Mean Girls at me," he says, poking the man in the chest again.

In a way, though, it's lucky that the emotions are too complex for one thing to well up in Damien, that it's not easy for Mark to pick it apart. But he can feel the general shape of it.

The bitterness leaves a bad taste in his mouth though.

"You don't want me, Damien, you want the way you think you can fit me in to your life. And that's... that's not healthy."

And it hurts too, maybe a little. Can't help the swell of disappointment in his heart. Even the guy obsessed with him doesn't want him for him.