[No, Dorian. He just is extremely possessive and can't stand that you and he should want or need other people at all! And worse, having been gone—Thirty. Years. Toby!—for so long, coming to this place to find out about another man notable enough that Dorian could've replaced him!

All the same, seeing the mistakes Toby himself had made in his first few months... It seems so easy to do that, find someone to be comfortable with in a place like this. But that's why he'd wanted to marry Dorian in the first place, why it hurt when Dorian first rejected him.

Shaking his head, looking somewhat embarrassed with pleading eyes,] I mean, really. I should've been that way from the very start.

[It's so nice being close to Dorian, being wanted and especially loved by Dorian.]

I just want you so. much, I get carried away, and I don't even express enough just how grateful I am. To you and everything you do...