“Beau, I thought I told you not to leave the room. It’s not good for you to be on your feet so much right now.”

“Can’t a guy be hungry?”

“It’s not that you can’t be hungry, I’d just rather you get back to bed. I’ll make you something to eat, too.”

“Okay, on one condition.”

“And what’s that?”

“Carry me!”

“Ack! You’re heavy!”

“Didn’t I tell you this would happen if you kept sleeping naked?”

“I’m fine, I promise!”

“I can hardly describe you as fine, right now.”

“But you said I was getting laid! I mean, that’d make me feel better…”

“Absolutely not! Maybe once you learn to wear pajamas to bed, we’ll see. I swear, you’re the only man I know who’d rather WooHoo than rest.”

“Well, y’know, I have.”

“Oh, hush, and get some sleep.”

“So how have things been since you, y’know, moved to an entirely new country.”

“Oh, it hasn’t been bad at all. I found a nice job as an astrophysicist in town, and Max loves being away from Windenburg. I still keep in touch with my mom and brothers, though, and Max is happy about that, even though he never talks to his own family.”

“He doesn’t talk to his family at all? I mean, if Frances or I stopped talking to either of our families, we’d never get out of the house. Grandparents and aunts and uncles are usually great sitters after all.”

“I’m not sure why he doesn’t, but… I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but we’re not sure if we’ll be having kids for a long time. I mean, we’re only 23.”

“By the Watcher, you two are young!”

“You’re going to love these guys.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah! They’re like tiny baby gays who’ll look up to you!”

“That’s how you think we’ll get along? You said yourself you only knew them from online chatrooms!”

“Well, yeah. Plus, they’re from Windenburg, so they’ll have some fancy foreign tastes you can bond over.”

“And those foreign tastes aren’t… eccentric, are they?”

“Come on, I’ve known these guys since they were old enough to vote, and I can assure you, these guys are the normalest normal guys you’ll ever meet.”

“Huh.”

“Yep, just two normal guys.”

“Eep!”

“… And one very big dog.”