Barba is still prickling all over with anger, disgust, and the most wretched sense of possession he can't shake when Carisi bursts into his office, apparently lacking the common sense needed to realize he should be far away from here. "What the hell do you want?" Barba snaps, yet it comes out breathless and lost because, in the end, there's a part of him truly shaken. "I-" Carisi closes his mouth like he thinks better of answering. Barba waits, half expecting him to start whining like a cornered animal, but instead he lifts his chin in challenge. "I need you to tell me how to make this work. Because I'm not leaving." In which Sonny and Rafael don't know what to do with each other, but then the answer becomes all too obvious.
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