[ this time he's looking at tim like he's grown a second head. or become something truly foreign to him, something utterly confounding. ]

I'd prefer we kept the pain, truthfully. I liked that you bit me. The audacity of it was thrilling.

[ he speaks it plain and simple, as if he's only reminding tim of the weather. ]

You act as if I've begged you to kneel at my feet and become slave to my whims. Is your lover so insecure that he will judge you for a wandering interest?