the spaces between my fingers

“That’s our neighbours Kev and Vee, that’s my sister Fiona, that’s my brother Ian, and, uh - that’s Mickey.”
“Another brother?” Amanda asked, pushing her glasses up her nose. Lip let out a short laugh at the horrors that suggestion entailed, but before he could correct her, Mickey spoke up.
“Nah,” he said. “I’m Ian’s boyfriend.”