His idiosyncrasies are what makes Charlie Dalton so himself, Knox decides, as he's pressed against Charlie's chest after a quick "romp", as Charlie's grinningly dubbed them.

He's in the process of lighting a cigarette and ruffling Knox's hair at the same time, which is both dangerous and very distinct to Charlie himself : affection and nicotine, one in the same, all the goddamn time.

He's addicted. To cigarettes and cheap porno magazines and poetry and Knox and tough love, and, Knox decides with a soft smile as Charlie coughs, causing his head to shake, that's exactly why he loves him.