"Okay?" Billy asks, just to be sure that Teddy is again asking after him just as he has for the past two weeks without fail. He's starting to feel more than a little guilty about that, especially when he realizes he's probably holding Teddy back, or disrupting his social life or...everything.

"I'm totally fine," he continues, answering the question. "Promise. I was just...startled."

And not entirely blindsided by jealousy. Which is mostly new.