"Except when I do," he replies quietly, darkly. He wasn't as good as everyone seemed to think he was, though that didn't diminish how hard he tried to stay on the better path. It wasn't something he talked about, wasn't something he lingered on too long, but it was there none the less.
He comforted both of them by keeping his thumb moving along Ben's back, gaze lost out on the smooth curve of the man's shoulder, trying to not be haunted by his myriad of choices. When he's asked to look, he does without hesitation and without hiding any of the Everything that might be shining in them.
He hums softly as he kisses him back, huffing a little groan of amusement as his hands spread across Ben.
"That works out pretty well, considerin' I like holdin' you like this. It's.. peaceful here with you. A break from.. Everythin' out there." He made Raylan forget, for a few moments, the ugliness that lay outside the doors.
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He comforted both of them by keeping his thumb moving along Ben's back, gaze lost out on the smooth curve of the man's shoulder, trying to not be haunted by his myriad of choices. When he's asked to look, he does without hesitation and without hiding any of the Everything that might be shining in them.
He hums softly as he kisses him back, huffing a little groan of amusement as his hands spread across Ben.
"That works out pretty well, considerin' I like holdin' you like this. It's.. peaceful here with you. A break from.. Everythin' out there." He made Raylan forget, for a few moments, the ugliness that lay outside the doors.