"Rabbits," he said softly, shoulders dropping though the rest of him was tensing up. "I didn't mean...rabbits," Ganymede managed. "It's not just fucking. I didn't mean it, I do love you. I just..."

The words had come out like nothing, and abruptly it had all come crashing back down that this was exactly what he'd said with his ex and Armarus had gotten angry at him for devaluing what they'd been doing. And he was scare that it woud go the exact same way with Ashley, and he couldn't lose that. Not again, not like this, not with Ashley.