Goodnight smiled when he realized Billy had relaxed, when he felt the slide of his arm behind him, closing the space between them. It felt good to be able to relax this way in front of someone else.

A smile tugged his mouth when Billy got right to the heart of the matter. He was good at that, and Henry's reaction proved his aim had been dead on. It almost always was.

"That makes the dance a little harder," he agreed. Billy was not the first man Goodnight had taken up with, but their relationship was easily the longest he'd ever had, and the happiest. "But you'll get it, Henry. Gansey seems just as unsure as you are." Even if his observations had been brief.