[ So much of Kyle's time in this city has come with horrific things, but the good things had come easily in many ways. He'd not talked about many things in his relationships with others. Those involved had just let them happen, in most cases but one that was still weird and hazy to him, and then gone along with how life went until... well until they weren't there anymore.

Having this talk was something else, and it felt huge in the way it made his chest tighten and yet right in the way this felt between them. He wanted Charles to know the truth. The man he'd been. Who he'd become not just with being turned but this place as well. How much he'd grown to be the man sitting there next to Charles, holding his hand, and working out their relationship.

Their relationship. He loves how that sounds in his head, and he can't wait to see how it turns out in action. With them actively working on it beyond all this city is. ]

Good. Because I don't plan to let it either. You started as my friend, and now you're so much more, and I will fight this place and others over what we have.

[ He leans in to tenderly kiss Charles' cheek. ]

So then... tell me, Charles. If I were to ask you out on a date, officially, as the first step of our new relationship... [ Yep, no matter the others in his life, saying that word to Charles sends a shiver up his spine. ] What would be the perfect date for you? What do you miss the most? And do you ride a motorcycle?