"You weren't cheating on anyone," Jag answered immediately, and licked his lips. They felt like they were buzzing, but in a wrong way. He shook his head, then met Coby's gaze again, never mind that his eyes were shining a little too hard, with the sheen of threatening tears. For the first time since the beginning of their conversation he wished they were on the same level.

"It's not - picking fights, that was just - the wrong way of getting what I wanted." Just like the way they'd fucked. The wrong way, nothing safe or sane about it. He knew better now. He had known better, but now he was doing better. He had been doing better. But... "But I betrayed Val. What we had. That wasn't on you."