Damon brought a hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose, breathing out in a quiet sigh as he briefly shut everyone else out for a moment to gather himself, only briefly drawn from it due to the fact that Ryan was speaking to him, lowering his hand. He gave the man a brief smile, managing to force away the brief moment of - no, that wasn't jealousy. It must have been something else.<br/><br/>With a sigh he ran his hand back over his hair, only just realizing the others had left, his gaze tracing around the room for any sign of them before landing back on Ryan, a faint smile coming back to his lips, his voice a bit lower.<br/><br/>".. well that was a mood-killer," he breathed out in a somewhat lighter tone, his hand rubbing at his chin briefly, there still being a very faint crimson shadow on his cheek from when Ryan had struck him. "I understand you're busy, Ryan. If there are too many things you need to attend to, I can come back some other time," he said with a quiet sigh, that obviously not being what he wanted to do at all.<br/><br/>He was tired from traveling, perhaps he should have gone to his temporary lodgings and visited tomorrow... but as he gazed over at Ryan, a smile still on his lips, he knew exactly why he hadn't.<br/><br/><em>I really did miss you.</em>He couldn't quite bring himself to say it out loud, but he thought perhaps Ryan knew that anyway.