Firefly Ravine Black, white, and brown.

"I'm not a prostitute. I can tease you as much as I please." The response was blunt, but technically true.

"But I understand - you're lonely." He looked up to Pepper, a blank stare behind his eyes. "That's why you let me treat you the way I do; it makes you feel wanted. Maybe it reminds you of someone, but that isn't my business."

"To me you're the same thing. I'm affectionate towards you because it validates me, and you feed me so I don't mind letting you do as you please to an extent. I have no interest in a relationship that is more than that."

With the firm, long-winded statement over, he smiled. Another change of tone. "So give it a bit longer, hm?"