[ Okay, he walked right into that one. No one to blame but himself, because he knows how Connor is, how he’ll latch onto the slightest incongruence and look for an explanation. “Good” and “embarrassing” don’t typically go together, so here they are.

Like before, he sucks in a breath and exhales slowly to sort himself out. ]

I suppose “embarrassed” isn’t quite right. It’s more like I’m nervous? Like I said before, this is all pretty new to me and there’s always the possibility that I’ll mess something up, but I guess… I guess I don’t mind so much because it’s you.