Jason just squeezed his hand once more and smiled. Alex seemed to come back to himself because he smiled. "Well, if we are going to do this, we should get going we're burning daylight."

Jason nodded and let go of his hand. "Okay."

Alex washed up the few dishes while Jason grabbed a shower and got dressed. When Jason protested Alex looked at him. "You cooked, the least I can do is the dishes." He really couldn't argue with that, so he didn't try. Afterwards, they headed out to the bike, and Jason clung to Alex like he had last night. Only this time it wasn't fear, but emotion that...