The way that he looked at him, the way their eyes locked and how he licked his lips, it just sent that horrible shudder deep into him. Sometimes being with Barty was nice, special, like a lovely dream and sometimes, it was like an all consuming nightmare. The fact that he could be both was what made it so horrifying. He looked at him and felt himself leave his own body for a few moments as he just tried to ground himself.

"I shouldn't be." His eye twitched. "There's that my again. I hate it. Stop saying things like that. I'm not yours in any sense."