"I don't want you to give up on me." Jack lays his head against Balthazar's chest to listen to his heart while they talk and the vibration of his voice in his chest. "I need you to accept me, and if I'm who you love, accept that you didn't fall in love with a well off straight laced good citizen."

Jack absently strokes his lover's back. "You say you want to know me but you also tell me to change. Do you want to know me, or do you want to change me?"