Gabriel dips his head to bury his nose in Johnny's hair and hums out a noncommittal response. Their conversation not going well is probably the reason he'd been so anxious about the date in the first place. Hearing the thought reaffirmed by Johnny isn't exactly encouraging.

He's quiet for a while, considering what he can say that won't make this into that discussion. He doesn't want to talk about it now, not after what happened. He focuses on the feeling of Johnny's hands, of the warmth of his body here. It was so easy to attack that man tonight, and it would still be his first thought if Johnny were ever in that situation again. It's hard to imagine what would make someone who would attack Johnny worth protecting.

"I-" He huffs out a breath and nuzzles fiercely into Johnny's hair. "I want you safe. But...I do trust you. Of course I want to know what's going on. They hurt you. Whoever it was." He can feel his heart beating faster at the thought. He keeps thinking of Johnny back in the alley- the blood, the look on Johnny's face. He thinks, if he hadn't fucked around being anxious about the date maybe he'd have been there in time to stop all of it from happening.

He takes a deep breath to try and calm himself back down. "Of course I wanna know why. But...I don't need to know, as long as I know that I will be there if you get hurt again."