"No," he says. "You don't have to. This is your place, too."

He says it without really thinking about it and lets it pass by in the same way, but he does realize the meaning of the words after they're spoken aloud. Marcus has never really shared his space with anyone and he'd been too afraid to do so with Matthias, for which he feels terrible, but this has, somehow, becomes as much Verity's flat as it is his and he won't ask her to leave.

"Sam has my bedroom. You can still keep yours," he says. "I'll sleep on the couch for a few days. It's fine."