To my surprise, Jackson makes absolutely no move to put me down. Instead, he just looks at Luca evenly for a second. "Your girlfriend?" he asks, the words low and light with disbelief. He hums consideringly and then turns his face back up to mine. "What do you think, Clark?" he murmurs, nodding over to where Luca stands, not bothering to look his way. "That your boyfriend over there?"

I can't help it then, loving the assurance in his voice, the calm way he dismisses Luca's jealousy. A slow, happy smile spreads over my lips as I stare down at him, not saying a single word regarding whether Luca's my boyfriend or not.

Because honestly, I don't know.

But Jackson's right - Luca doesn't get to boss him around on this, does he?

"Didn't think so," Jackson murmurs, low enough that maybe only I hear him. But then he grins at me and lowers me to the floor as Luca strides to my side, grabbing my hand.

"Okay, okay," Rafe says, stepping forward with a sigh. "Clearly, clearly we need some ground rules here."

And I sigh, glancing up at both of my mates, before crossing the room to Rafe's side.

got some things straight and I might need some physical distance from them

even doing here?" Luca growls at Jackson,

breakfast," Jackson says, giving a calm shrug. "I was invited." He glances at Jesse now, who grins

to pour

crossing the room to take

family nonsense!? Are we all just going to pretend that McClintock and I didn't try

Jackson says evenly, taking a calm sip of his coffee. I blink at him, a little surprised, wondering where all this confidence came from. This is, in some ways, a very different

grits his teeth, storming over to Jackson.

when I look back at

is," I mutter, crossing my arms. "I'm going to go from two mates to none if they

both just watch as the argument

Luca snaps, glaring into Jackson's face. "You get to come in here all calm, pretending you're fine with this, looking like the good guy - making me look like the bad guy But I'm the only one being honest here -

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