It was not fair that Alex say things like that, about wanting to wake up in each others arms because that appealed to such a beautifully fragile part of him that wanted those intimacies too. For a standard 22 year old man, it was perhaps easy to not want a true relationship, but for Henry who was not allowed such little things as dating or casual things like holding hands (with the members of the same sex)-- it made things all the more precious.

That played exactly on the correct part of Henry.

"I suppose that I can grant that to you, Sweetheart. After all, I have a feeling that even if I wanted to leave, I would wake up with sprawled atop me." was he wrong? He had a few base assumptions about Alex being a whirlwind in sleep, it was a good thing that Henry was steady like a rock when he did allow himself to sleep. He met each kiss with one of his own, sweet and lingering.

This was starting to smell strongly of feelings and romance, wasn't it?