[Tate smiles when he sees Derek take him up on this, and he shifts over close enough that his foot brushes Derek's leg and he can link their pinkies together. He squeezes, holds on longer than he has to and in fact doesn't break it off. Prolonged periods of hand to hand contact seem to be their thing these days.]

I always want to keep my promises. I only stop if it'd - hurt someone. And even then, I think... I'd still want to do it if it was for you. You're important. More than most people. That's... I know that's messed up to say. But... it's true.

[As evident by the pinky-swear; you can't lie when you're doing this, right?]

You're stuck with me now.