“I might want to kick your ass sometimes, and I might tell you that you suck when you screw up and when you don’t, but you know it’s only because someone needs to keep you in check. But I meant what I said. You’re the best partner I’ve ever had.” And a hint of a smile, tiny, tiny, tiny, stretched the corners of my mouth. At least until he kept talking. “But I’m never going to admit that again, so you better remember it for a rainy day, Meatball.”
