Do you? It's not... I don't—it's not quite like that. You know he could easily have anyone else. Anytime, anywhere, whoever so pleases him.

[He'd never thought of it that way, as if Dorian had been the only possible solution to his loneliness. No, it was one of many choices, an opportunity to take a chance rather than let it pass him by. Dorian still could've rejected him, and he'd just... have gone on in life, searching for another immortal who might accept his companionship and love.]

And so could I.

[But who he wants, right now... The person he's wanted since dying, since coming back... is Dorian Gray.]