"Alright," he said with a slight smile on his lips. They were wonderful words, typical of Mark to always know the right thing to say to him. Most others saw him as a trouble-making teen, but Vex never did. Well, he was trouble but it was the good sort of trouble, the kind that Vex could relate to. Wild, rebellious, but ultimately seeking stability.

He could have easily corrected him that he had let him down in the past, but those were things that didn't matter now. "I promise you, Mark. I won't give up. But nobody is going to care about me like you do, you know that. You're one of a kind, luv." Then he leaned in to gently kiss the tip of his nose. "And a naughty voyeur."