It's not fair to be that sweet to him. How's he supposed to counter that? Well-- he could. Marc Spector is always good at reminding others he's... not that great. But maybe part of him doesn't want to when Steven is laughing like that, when he sounds content for once.

He could have asked for so much more than the life he got, but--

He curls his hand around Steven's, huffing out a laugh of his own. "Yeah, well-- I got what I wanted to. I got to see you happy. Knew you got all that stuff. Hopefully I still manage to at least make you a little happy, even like--" This. It still feels wrong, being separated. They're supposed to be together.

But they can't change that. They can at least try to make the most of it though.