"Sorry about that." He does not sound sorry, and his thumb is stroking the skin of Hank's throat the whole time - but it falters a little, just for a second, at Hank's next words.

He remembers that conversation as well.

"Really?" he says, like they're having a conversation about work or a new shop that just opened by the dormitory. Stuff that doesn't involve either of them naked. More than naked. "I think I like the sound of that."

And just to illustrate, he lets the skin around his thumb fade away to show silver chassis, an immediately different texture on the skin of his partner's throat. It feels a little different to Connor as well - sharper, somehow, without the affect of skin in the way.