The exclusivity portion is, well, because it just doesn’t seem appealing to get something decent and stable and offer it around. Robbie thinks he’d want to hoard the relationship, if it happens, but in a nice way that wouldn’t be too demanding. At least, he hopes it wouldn’t. He really doesn’t want to ever be indifferent about Vance. It’s either serious enough to want to protect the relationship and get every last drop of attention or … there’s no or. If it isn’t that important, then he shouldn’t be bending his own rules to be in the relationship. He does not want to be either of his parents.

Robbie follows him to the couch, nodding as he perches on the nearest arm. “Maybe. I mean – you definitely know how you’d react, and maybe you’d talk me into staying. But I’d get it stuck in my head that someone else might need you, and I can deal, so it’d be better if I stayed in my own quarters in case they wanted to go to yours. I know it’s stupid, but sometimes I’m too tired to fight how my head’s wired.”