"No," Ronan said shortly. Under different circumstances he would have had more of a response than one curt word. Instead he frowned, his mind going back to everything that had happened before he'd come here and that he'd never got a response to that last text.

For a moment that should have been brief, his normally tense and rigid shoulders sagged. Ronan should have realized that his boyfriend wasn't a harmless subject, not when he had no idea if he'd ever see him again.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the wrong thing to do. The sense of restlessness from their audience only increased.

Ronan straightened. "We met at school," he said to appease them. "Your turn, before they lose it."