Well, as has been the case for quite a while, Tommy likes Euphie a lot. She's a sweetheart, which helps, and she's cute; and she's always been nice to him, which means he's tried to be good to her, too. He knows enough about her past to know she's not all sweetness and light, of course, and though he'd never say it aloud (because that's how he rolls,) he admires how optimistic she manages to be in spite of it.

He feels like kind of a jerk for having vanished right after they hooked up, but it took him a while to readjust to the City after getting back, considering the absolute mess he left at home... aaaand the fact that he'd been there so long, from his perspective. Now he's starting to settle back in, and get back to the vague awkwardness of before he left with her.

The thing is Tommy would like to take things a little further, but he's also kind of commitment-phobic... especially in the City, where people come and go without warning. And he kind of figures that, well, princesses you probably have to marry if you're going to get anywhere with, and also Billy would probably electrocute him, so he's not sure where to go next.

So for the moment he's sticking with the occasional-friendly-going-out and making-out-when-feasible stage of things, because the alternative is Talking About Feelings. and...