He needed this. Not just in that moment when he worried about his words and what effect they might have but in the grand scheme of their few days. This was more than sex and roleplay. At least for him, and he suspected given the truth Arthur was giving him, the same for the pointman as well.

"I won't do it again. Soon as I said it," he whispered. "It didn't sound right. Not about you. You're so much more than a fuck."