Connor listens, and the realizes... well he can't say exactly what John's feeling, but something damn close because they all have. It sounds like the feeling of 'you're the most important person in my life and there's more there,' that he and Sophie had for each other. It might turn romantic, it might not, but Connor thinks that John deserves to know.

"If you feel something, anything, and it's good? You deserve that. Just... to let yourself explore it until there are words that feel right." And then he realizes something else... if it's not something John doesn't like about him as a person, then. "If you're only hesitating because I'm a guy? Man, we're all different species. Come on."

He manages to sneak the arm underneath him up between them to touch John's face. It's alright. more-than-best-friend. We'll figure it out.