That... had been the wrong thing to say. He'd just been talking but now the whisper of Vinnie's smile was gone and Bulba missed it already. It was painful seeing how quickly Bulba could banish it when just moments before he had been falling a little more in love with the the way Vinnie could conjure one out of him like it was nothing.

That wasn't fair at all.

Bulba's eyes softened as he considered the worried look on his boyfriend's face, trying to look reassuring. It wasn't anything bad. Right? Yeah. Maybe. God, he didn't know. Maybe it was, and that's why he was so scared to ask. He shouldn't have to ask.

"Yeah... this and that sort of thing," he mumbled against his arm, appalled by the way his pulse had sped up a little when the question had been on his tongue.