The thing about it is, there's absolutely no good way to breech this subject. No matter how hi me words it, he doubts the initial reaction he gets will be a good one.

"You want something that I..." he shrugs a little, "I can't give you as much as you want-- deserve." Because it's more than Mick just being uselessly needy, it's never been that. It's an imbalance between their needs. "But I think maybe we could...make a deal. About how to handle it."He hasn't even explained the whole thing, but he already feels something twist in his stomach.