[Smoker arches both eyebrows in amusement.]

As tempting as that is...

[Which was actually not very. He likes you Ace, but you're a very cute dumbass. JSYK.]

I think I told you before I'm a sadist? I want you to be conscious to feel all of it. Especially as I choke the life half out of you.

[But he does relax like a puppy at all the affection. And he's comfy in his boxer shorts, so he leans his head slightly towards Ace, falling asleep.]

Just don't leave without saying goodbye. Tonight. [The future was the future and he'd deal with it then.]

[But for now he's just back to his comfy good mood, and content to be like this.]