Smirked at her, and kissed her on the cheek, "Only women are sluts. Don't you know, when you're a man sleeping around is a good thing."
He snorted a bit, before saying, "That's what they told me anyway. Remember Rae, my parents died young, so I sort of let Pop Culture raise me. Not all the way, but well to some degree. I admit I was a bit of a tool. Part of me wants to blame my parents dying, but I made choices. It wasn't emotional manipulation. I never made fake promises, or anything like that. I just threw around cash and that got a certain type of woman's attention. For what it matters The Core helped straighten me out a bit, showed me the differences between who I was and who I wanted to be."
Laying on the couch he said, "True, being tied up might be a bit different since we are day to day."
He gently pet her, before looking at her and saying, "Not really. Well, in a way. You're asking me a complicated answer and expecting a simple answer. Human beings, we hurt each other, we struggle for supremacy. We fight and clash. We are very much survivors. That being said, two people in a relationship, they are playing with fire, emotions love. I use the emotional spectrum to fight, so I understand it deeply. What exactly and how exactly do you mean?"
Looking at Raven he said, "If you're asking if I'm planning to kick you out of bed, then no, I would never do that. You matter to me. I'm not some man slut using you for my pleasure. I respect you too much for that both as a woman, and a heroine in your own right."
Gently he took her hand and placed it on his ring. Closing his eyes he focused and Raven would feel it. Love in it's truest form, a pink river of pure well sugar was the best term. The thing was as much as it was good, it also dangerous. On a distant planet a mother prepared a quick acting poison in her children's favorite meal, the sun was going super nova and a slow death awaited those left behind. In Blud Haven a man stood up as a gang banger threatened his daughter. It was a constant stream of emotional energy, too intense almost painful until he forced himself and thus her away from it. Kissing Raven's neck he said, "Love is volatile. Nobody cares if some moron insults them, it's the people we care about, who we love who's insults matter. I can't guarantee that we won't fight, that I won't miss your birthday or our anniversary because of hero stuff or company stuff. That a date might fall down, or not even be that good. That's our lives."
He held Raven close, "I know I'm taking the question a bit seriously. That I could have just said, "Yes you can trust me not to hurt you." but we both know love isn't that simple. Love can be messy, it can be holding your girlfriend's hair while she pukes after drinking a pint of vodka, or buying tampons at 3 A.M.. I am a hero, I could die tomorrow and that would hurt you."
He looked at her as he said, "I'm not totally sure what to say, but I want you to know I care for you, I respect you, I'd like to go out sometime. I don't think I love you yet, but what I feel is close to it. I respect you, and enjoy your company alot."