"Yeah?" Adam asked, smiling fondly. He couldn't stop watching Ronan, now that he felt like he could, now that he had security that they were equals. "I'm proud of you."

He was, too. He was proud that Ronan knew how to cook and do some cleaning, that he wasn't like Declan, who couldn't even dress himself without a valet.

"You grew up nice," Adam said, quiet and just a little shy, grinning and dropping his eyes nervously as he thought about that glimpse he'd gotten of Ronan in the bath.