Hartley chuckled, but he let James do as he pleased, settling in on top of him and staying there, just watching his face from the side and idly playing with his hair. He was still too handsome, probably even more so. No need to assure James of that right now, he had a tendency to be too full of himself.

"Mhm. That was the worst day of my life for a while. Replaced my parents kicking me out. It was the worst until the day Harrison fired me, dumped me and I couldn't get through to you. But the hardest thing was trying to accept that you might be perfect for me and that you probably liked me, but you'd never be with me."