[ peter opens his month to speak but then neal tells him it's a joke and it just trails off into an exhale, heavier than he wants it to be, but it is what it is. ]

I know. And if there's anything I wish, it's that you could tell me about this. Because I want to hear about it. [ he wants to fix this, pull neal away from this mess if he can because if he can do that— if he can do that he won't worry. he can say without a doubt that neal is fine and that he'll always be fine and they can be themselves. and neal can be the man peter knows he can be.

there really isn't that sort of plan if this is where they are. ]

You told anyone other than me? How many people know about this other than me, confirmed know about this? Not just hearsay.