"You're an absolute brat." He snaps at Noah, eyes narrowed at him. "Why would you do that?" Beyond the irritation, there's something worse underneath it all, this sort of betrayal of trust he's just started to put into Noah, only to be tricked like that. He's already wondering if he should rethink the offer he'd only just accepted days ago.

It's unnatural, the way he can feel the pinch between his own fingers, that brush of lips at Noah's cheek against his own, like he'd done it himself. It's a loss of agency for the both of them in a way he can barely wrap his mind around.

"Safe? I don't think being duped into something we neither one asked for qualifies as safe." He growls the words out.