[ A pause, and then Royce sits up, staring down at him. ]

It definitely isn't that I don't trust you. [ Royce says, firmly. He's a little drunk, so his words slur just slightly, but he's genuine. ] I trust you more than I trust myself.

S'not that. It's that it's embarrassing. It's - needy, it takes up too much. You're - you always hold me up. I wanted to give you a break from having to do that. From having to deal with my panic when both of us went through what we did. Even though I know you don't think that way.