Ryan shakes his head, scratching lightly at the back of Henry's neck. "I do want to be around. Like I said, we're going to have to deal with each other one way or another."

The softness in that smile doesn't go unnoticed, either, and Ryan finds himself matching it a bit- it looks good on him, he can't help but think. "...did you want one? I mean, I know that hadn't really been an option or anything so far, but." But that doesn't really stop hoping, he's aware of that much.