Daniel says, Don't do that, and Louis relinquishes his grip, looks steadily back into Daniel's face and bites down on a true thing he might have said otherwise.

Daniel doesn't want it, and so Louis puts it away. What use is it, what Louis would have offered? What he had wanted? Daniel doesn't want to hear him say it, and so Louis doesn't.

Daniel says, I don't blame you.

And Louis does not believe him.

This too, Louis holds in his chest. Lets the quiet settle before gamely asking, "Why are you still in London, Daniel?"