bleeding heart

"There is nothing noble about suffering in silence, Gavin," Nines says suddenly.
The comment catches Gavin off guard - he hesitates a moment before he replies. "What?"
"You are in pain, yet you refuse to vocalize it. Why?"
Gavin laughs - that false, defensive laugh he uses to get someone off of his ass. "I'm not a fuckin' pussy, Nines."

or

After finding Gavin severely injured in an alley, Nines sees to it that his wounds are properly treated. Gavin makes that very difficult.