Dude, I got it. [His body language doesn't get it though, because that was a protective hold. No one fucks with his best bro and gets away with it.]

You deserve so much better, you're not a toy. You're a person, and in all honesty- who is he to control you? You're not with him anymore. So he can keep his nose in his own business. [His hand soothes Dave's back now.]