"Yeah, 'cause that'll be the end of the fucking world. I never get annoyed at you," Ronan rolls his eyes. Ronan gets annoyed at Adam all the time, but it doesn't change how much he loves him. He knows Adam gets annoyed with him as well. He would feel a little better knowing that Adam could protect himself until Ronan got there.

He knows how much it says about how Adam feels about him, and it means a lot to Ronan that Adam would ask. He would be hurt if Adam had gone to anyone else first.

"Yeah, 'cause I'm such a fan of taking the easy way on things," Ronan smirks. He can imagine that Adam won't be easy to teach, not this, but he'll try anyway. He hopes that some of the damage Robert Parrish did can be undone a little at a time.