(Long pause. Mark’s face cycles through shame, arousal, and surrender.)
(Voice cracks) Yes.
(Derek chuckles low.)
He gets it. Took him four hours and two rounds, but he finally gets it. Cuckold Awakening -Final- -KFNStudios-
(Bows his head) Yours. But not in the way I thought. I’m your… foundation. The safe place you return to. The warm bath after the storm.
(Looks at Derek, then back to Claire) Him. Not because he’s better. But because he’s other . He doesn’t need you. That’s why you want him. And I… I need you so much it suffocates you.
(Clenching fists) I didn’t bring you here for commentary, Derek. (Long pause
(Standing up slowly, shaky) Then why am I still here?
(Derek puts his arm around Claire’s waist. She leans into him.)
(Softly) Look at me, Mark.
(Mark looks up, shocked.)
(Turns, leans against the wall) You brought me here to watch. That’s what I’m doing. Watching you break. It’s boring, actually. I thought there’d be more of a fight.