His breath comes in a faint huff, adoring and exhausted all at once. Of course, even in this frazzled and painful time, Archie's first thought is for others. Of course Archie's attention is on his boyfriend's pain, his co-star's nerves.

It's part of what he loves--what he's always loved. It's just much easier to be nervous about that selflessness, at the moment.

"If you're sure, Archie." His fingers on his boyfriend's cheek shift delicately, reaching now to catch carefully at the back of the other young man's neck. "If that's honestly what you want."