“Would it help to know I’m out here because it reminds me that I want to be alive?”
“I can think of other things for that,” Robby shot back, a little challenging.
“What, jumping out of planes? Did that, not impressed. Drugs? Not interested, even if it wouldn’t fuck with my license. Sex? You want to talk about the market for a traumatized, widowed, workaholic vet who’s down a leg? It’ll be a short conversation.”
“You’d be surprised,” Robby said, low, but the note of heat in it got Jack’s attention, finally had him turning back to look at Robby.
Source: The Call of the Void, by Alethia – The Pitt (TV) [Archive of Our Own
Adult. The first time Robby finds Abbot on the roof, he offers him an… alternative way to feel alive. Delicious!