Is that what he wanted? Did he want what they had to last? An indefinable forever, the two of them continuing their… what? Friendship—even before last night—was too small a word. Relationship had too many connotations. Partnership was too dry. His life with Colton. Or at least, the potential of a shared life. Because that’s what it was. That’s what they’d done—what he’d done. He’d drawn Colton into his world, built a life and asked Colton to join him.
