[There is no graceful way to do this, and so he is ungraceful about it, tensing up all of a sudden, lips pursing with fright.

This should be fine but what he is about to reference was uncomfortable. Still, Loki deserves to know the truth of all people. Even if the chain of events that lead to the very source of Asher's current happiness was unintentional, it had been started by this green-eyed harbinger of mischief, and at the very least he should thank him for it.]

I know I apologized for this over the network, but...

[He shakes his head repeatedly before continuing.]

I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. For what I said back there, about the whole gay thing-

[A public apology does not mean nearly as much as a private one.

If there is one lesson he has learned from being in a family of politicians, it is that.]

It was really dumb. I was being an A-hole, jackass-

[One hand gestures frustratedly at his side as the last word leaves his lips.]

Turdpile.