Adam smiled at the line about Gansey, nodding his head. "Me too, a little."

Adam thought, for a moment, that Ronan meant him. That Ronan wanted him. Adam's heart and groin both lurched for an instant, wanting so much that he could let himself believe it.

"I've always made things easier for you at my own expense," Adam said, staring at his hand and wishing to have the warmth of Ronan's hand back again. "I wouldn't know how to do anything else."