[There's a moment where Asher's breath hitches just loud enough to be heard, and he feels embarrassed all over again, like a deer caught in headlights.]

Um, well, pretty much everyone on this team is hot in their own way, don'tcha think?

[Lists like the one Loki is suggesting are old hat for an ex-fraternity brother like himself. If this conversation had taken place a mere few months ago, he would have been excited to participate and rank his fellow teammates from Hottest to Nottest. Things are different now, however, as no other Audentes member seems to hold a candle to the man he's come to call his boyfriend.

Even Asher understands that these feelings are somewhat irrational, which is why he becomes coquettish as those dangerous thought swim through his mind.]

I dunno, I'm just...

Pretty sure I wouldn't really be down to bone anybody else around here right about now, or anything like that, 'cause, y'know-

[groce]

I like him.