Liam pulls back and Mike is sure he's fucked up-just that action alone. He leans forward, trying to follow him with his body, but it's too late and Liam is talking. He's trying to memorize all of his words, or as much as he can while he's still in a state, pupils blown wide.

Hit Tim's trigger. The nightmares? The booze? He'd never, ever been sober enough to pay attention, thinking this was just their thing. How it was different. Turns out it wasn't so different at all.

Liam touches him and Mike forgets to watch his mouth. Mostly because Liam is so close and as defiant as Mike always is to some extent, Liam has the ability to strip him bare in terms of psychology.

"We rented a hotel room to smoke and fuck around. His boyfriend found us." And, quickly-- "It's okay. I gave him some, too. That's why I'm out so early, I needed to placate him like you did me."