The way he lit up was so visible, she found herself echoing that smile in a way that made her feel dopey. He was so gentle with her when he never needed to be, but it was just the way he was wired. The people in his life had really missed out on something so precious with how callous they were with him.

Their loss. She'd keep him all to herself.

That tender kiss and those heart-melting eyes as he fed her, she opened her mouth to take the food, hand smoothing over the tie she'd wrinkled. "I make no promises. Some of them can be feral and I've seen too many people treat security and bouncers like objects." Her time with Trish showed her there was a subset of people that just refused to see others as equals, or even sentient beings. She hadn't been to Luke's club any time recently, so she couldn't say for sure what his clientele was like, but she knew entitled people, and they were everywhere. Besides, look at him. Who wouldn't want to try to touch every inch of him?