"I don't get why you want to be revolting. But you didn't use to want that around me. So I know what you're really like. I know your smile, Sev." He brushed his lips briefly with his thumb and smiled himself, even if it was still uncertain. Still fearing how this conversation would go. Where it would all end. "I like you, Severus. I've always liked you, right? Doesn't mean I like everything you do or say. And you can be a git. But so can I."