It was amusing to him that they had managed to stumble their way from pledging to fight for friendship to sharing a kiss that forced them to admit that their wants and feelings went deeper than that. Now they were considering opening a sexual relationship, something Jack thought he couldn't well obtain with anyone unless he paid for it.

He chewed on his lower lip, aware this was a big step for them both. He had been given the impression through a few texts and Gabriel himself that this wasn't just a stress relief experiment either. If there were feelings and then sex, Gabriel likely would mate him for life and that story about the gorgon's parents had a chance of becoming reality for them.

"Are you certain you want to do this with me? Will doing this push us into being mated for life in your eyes?" He wanted Gabriel to consider this seriously. Jack was a hunter, and his very existence could put his gorgon mate in danger. At the same time, he knew they had time to figure it out. Hunters did have wives and husbands after all and some even traveled with them on certain jobs.

He didn't extract himself from the warm coils underneath those blankets, his foot twitching with the feel of that tail curling there. "I do... I mean, I really do." He really, really did. Part of him wanted consequences to be damned, but Jack was also logical too. "I want us on the same page on what we want and need from this."