"Well, I didn't just want to come out and say it like that, I didn't want to put you on the spot if you didn't want to do it--"

He's defensive, but it's all in a scattered rush. The purr in Scorpius's voice is reassuring, but he can hear the crying, too, and he has no idea how to parse it at all. "Look, just - shh, don't cry, we can talk about it later, okay?"