Dimitri is absolutely going to need it.

Claude's words actually get him to look up, absolute heartbreak shining painfully through his eyes as he makes a soft and broken noise. For it to be Claude - Claude who from the very start has been trying to help him, who welcomed his kisses, that's... it's...

"I'm scum," he whispers, even as a small rat hand pokes up from the fall of his cloak to desperately scrabble against his shirt. "Claude - Grant, I shouldn't be allowed to touch either of you."