There's a flicker of something across his face just this side of stricken, like that was the last thing he expected Mick to suggest. He opens his mouth like he might say something, but snaps it shut again and drops his gaze to his shoes. Did that mean Mick wanted to stay away? People have a bad habit of making something sound like a choice when it was really just a subtle push into the direction they wanted to go.

But that doesn't really sound like Mick.
Leonard's just getting lost in his own head again.

But knowing that doesn't stop the question from falling out of his mouth anyway, "Is that what you want?" He still doesn't look up. He's not sure he wants to see the look on Mick's face when he tells him this is the beginning of how they end. Because how can he ask Mick to keep putting himself in that house, risk him, both of them, and keep expecting it to all turn out okay?