Does that actually happen? I haven't heard anyone say anyone has ever gone home before. Even then, though... he'd be home without me. I'm not sure he'd like that much.

[Yes, some of his worry is indeed for what Nick might be like alone. He's not stupid; he's aware how much the other man focuses on him, to the point of depending on him for some things. (He might be a little more in denial about the reverse situation, though.)]