[ A long pause between messages, because, while she probably knows, or at least suspects, that there’s more to his relationship with Hawk than being colleagues, she’s been polite enough not to call it out or make her judgement known. To answer her question feels like an admission, and Alicent, despite coming from another world entirely, reminds him of home in ways that are mostly comforting. But back there, he’s never admitted it to anyone but his priest and people that he’s positive share the same proclivities. ]
no subject
Yes.
It was more of a ‘who’ than a ‘what’.’
[...a half-admission, then. ]