And maybe more turning up soon, in a few months, when he's free and he lives closer and he has a new life that he can make into whatever he wants it to be. With Neil. Oh, God, what the fuck does that mean? He wants to believe it. Badly.

He wants Neil's fingers deeper in him, though they're burning him a little. He lifts his legs and hisses through his teeth.

"Pay your phone bill and I'll fucking--ahh--call first."