"Yeah." Adam sighed. "I now have a much clearer understanding of the specific ways in which I've been an idiot. Mostly along the lines of not making decisions on behalf of other people."

He traced idle patterns on the top of the piano, anything to keep from looking over at Alec, even though he was hovering as close as he could get without entering Alec's personal space. "I like you and I want to date you," he confessed, hands going still and then clenching. He kept his head down, posture guarded like he expected to be hit.