[he reached over and ruffled his hair, knowing it would annoy him]

If you love her, if you feel you want to, then you should. But don't get trapped by your mum or her expectations. I think you've done well for yourself no matter what you end up doing.

[so long as he didn't hurt Grace in the interum. He smiled at the question, though now he wanted a drink. Fortunately he also didn't want to get up so it stopped him from being stupid. He watched the chaos in the show for a little while longer]

Once. A long time ago. Never got it worked out.