"There are different kinds of attractive. Take you, for example. You're soft, delicate. Beautiful." At the last word, Gabriel stroked the side of Casey's face as if to emphasize just how beautiful he thought they were to him. They were androgynous and Gabriel thought that more beautiful than gentle feminine and harsh masculine, something neither and both at the same time. "You hold yourself to a different standard than most people and I think that's the most gorgeous thing about you."

He dropped his hand the moment he felt Casey's head start to move, smiling momentarily before his expression hardened. Gabriel may not have been humanoid, but he knew enough about them to know what Casey was talking about. "Don't you dare call yourself that. When I first saw you, I didn't see a man or a woman. I saw you and I know that you're neither. I never asked what you were because I already knew and I didn't want to make you uncomfortable by forcing you to share yourself before you were ready."