"I hope so because it's not," he promised with a spread of his smile as he drew Malcolm in against him so he could both hiss him softly and, following that, sliding the soap up his back and into circles.

"I plan on stayin' there til you kick me out." Raylan already knew that at some point, he was going to ask Malcolm to marry him, but that was something he was keeping in his back pocket for when they managed to fulfill their first promise to each other. One thing at a time.

"Apparently, I'm hard to get rid of," he ended, grinning impishly.