Season 6, Episode 28

Cradling his lover's head in his lap, Ink had no idea what was going on around him. All he was focused on was Priest and willing him to breathe. Every intake of air was a torment for him. The attempted healing had closed the wound in his chest, but Ink feared it had not finished the work inside Priest's body.

Or maybe it was something else. Something more spiritual.

Having grown up in the Orangelo way of life, Ink had been filled with stories about toms who were perfectly healthy in body but their spirits ached to leave their lives. Priest had not seemed like one of those toms to him, but Ink did not know about his life before they met. Neither of them talked of where they came from, their traumas, or anything too deeply serious from their pasts. There could be a million reasons why Priest would prefer to die that Ink had no knowledge of.

So maybe it was selfish of Ink to lean over Priest, begging him to stay. Maybe he was the worst kind of selfish jerk to not want to let go of his