Liam had known Mike had a strong reaction to being choked, but at the time it was hard to tell what was positive and what was just involuntary responses to all Liam had already done to Mike. But now? Now he could see it for what it was. Even without the utter words, Mike didn't seem at all scared or frantic the way he had when he'd been slapped. This was a completely different reaction.

At the words, Liam yanked his hands away from Mike's throat. His eyes narrowed in the brief pause that followed, finally putting the piece together. So. The junkie enjoyed being strangled. That was incredibly useful, but not for his purpose at the moment. The pause and realization took only as long as two heartbeats. At which moment he firmly slapped Mike hard across the face and promptly grabbed him by the hair.

"No." He growled, switching to anger swiftly enough to still be effective. "The correct answer is no. You do not want to be punished. Good little junkies don't want punishment. But it seems you've got a few...interests you've not told me about, don't you Mikey?" As he said it, he used his free hand to trail over the faint redness he'd left behind from his failed attempt to choke the other.