He hadn’t realized quite how lonely his life had become until Roman had swept in, and suddenly there was someone else there, someone to hold him while he cried, to kiss his tears away. It would be so easy for Danny to depend on him. So easy to love him, demon and all. Danny was probably more than halfway there already. But what if Danny was just a fun diversion for Roman? A little blip of existence, like Soren had said. Roman said he would be there always, but what did that mean? Would Roman still want him when Danny grew old and decrepit?

