They were that trope down to their very cores. For intelligent men, they were incredibly stupid about all of this. Eventually they'd stumble their way into figuring things out. Probably. In the meantime at least they'd found that shifting just slightly into something more than friends was, well, it was good. Hell it was weirdly comfortable, like coming home.

Don't think about it too hard, Alex. That way lay danger.

He choked on a sound that couldn't decide between laughter and indignance at those words. "Threatening me with a good time, baby?"