( he's right. kavinsky is a terrible influence and at his worst, ronan pushes himself to fall back into it. adam's aware of it. adam is also aware of how much ronan has grown since kavinsky. how he's improved at expressing himself in small ways, and how much better adam has gotten at reading the signals he gives off.

except kavinsky also opts to initiate skin contact and adam lurches back a bit to put some more space between them. scrunches his nose up. there's concern, irritation, surprise but more importantly-- )

Ronan's nineteen. He's had a couple years to grow into himself. ( and adam, for his part, trusts ronan not to sink that deep again. ) So whatever you're thinking of pulling, you're not going to drag him down with you.