Duke stiffened, but forced himself to breath through it.

"Because I want to know what's going on with my snogon," he said softly. "I want to know what gets her going, even if she doesn't want me to be an active part of it."

He wanted to stop feeling like the spare in a relationship he'd been the one to suggest in the first place.

(You fucked that one up too, remember? the intrusive voice said gleefully. Duke shoved it back down.)

"Also, it might be kind of hot. Like . . . if you told me about it while you were tying your fancy knots."