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Steve settled into Danny’s couch as best he could. He would never admit it, but he was always more comfortable on home turf. It wasn’t fair to Danny, though, so he’d manned up and started spending time at Danny’s house—even if it meant giving up his morning swim.
It wasn’t like he was complaining about the alternate morning exercise in bed.
The silence still rattled him a little, so obvious when he was used to the ocean as background noise. He could hear Danny in the bathroom, even that sounding loud in the silent room. Steve flipped the TV on for noise—Danny had recorded the game the night before, and even though they knew the score, at least it would be background noise.
He frowned at the long list of a single show on the DVR screen as Danny’s footsteps got louder. Steve hit play on one, eyebrows raising at the previously on recap. “Daniel,” Steve said, without looking over his shoulder, “what is this?”
The footsteps stopped, but it was a moment before Danny said, “Oh, Grace likes it for the cheerleading.”
Steve found the remote ripped out of his hand, which, combined with Danny’s tone, made it obvious that it wasn’t Grace who’d recorded the show. “That’s funny,” Steve said, as Danny stopped the program, and the list returned to the screen. “Grace has been gone for two days, and this was just recorded yesterday.”
Danny dropped onto the couch beside Steve before shrugging. “I might have checked it out.”
Oh yes, definitely a lie. Steve made a grab for the remote, but Danny was ready for it. By the time Steve wrestled the remote away, Danny was on his back on the floor, Steve half on the couch and half on Danny. They’d hit buttons in the process, and Steve looked up to see a different previously recap. He was about to hit stop when one guy grabbed another and kissed him. “Oh,” Steve said, watching as they went at it against the wall. “I see.”
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“What?” Steve said, staring at the screen. “The season ended there?”
Danny ate the last of the popcorn. “The season premiere starts in half an hour.”
“Great,” Steve said. “You get more popcorn. I’ll order pizza.”
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