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"Hey." Sasha's still in his lap; he's still touching Sasha's hair. 

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"How'd it go?"

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"It went well. He's good at navigating." 

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"That's good. --Do you know what you need?" he says to Sasha.

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"...honestly, this, if I'm crying it means I know I'm safe. Water'd be nice but I don't need it." 

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Lev brings him some water and kisses his forehead.

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Lev is so, so good. Marlo is also very good but right now he's a little overwhelmed by affection for Lev. 

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Lev will stay with him as long as he seems to want it.

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Sasha's going to want to keep holding him for. A while. 

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That's okay. He has nowhere else he needs to be.

(He has lots of places he needs to be but he is totally going to ignore them for Sasha.)

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...he lets go when he remembers "And you're very cute but you aren't helping, because now I only work twelve to fourteen hour days." He kisses Lev's cheek and says "I'm okay," leans heavier against Marlo. 

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"I can stay."

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"I know you can. I'm telling you that you don't have to." 

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"I love you," he says, and leaves.

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And Sasha cuddles Marlo and tries not to think about anything in particular. 

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That evening, Lev says, "do you want to meet Asher?"

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"I would love to meet Asher." 

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The sleeper archive is near the library. The sleepers are packed closely together-- the ones commonly visited on the bottom bunk of the bunk beds, the rest on the floor. Some have bandages or other signs that the doctors have been practicing on them. 

Lev stops in front of a good-looking black man with a wide grin, a little younger than Lev. "This is Asher."

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Sasha sits down on the bed. 

"Hey, Asher. My name's Sasha. It's good to meet you." 

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"I wish you could have actually met him. You would have liked him. --Of course, then you might have never wound up dating me."

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"...because he and you were monogamous, or โ€”?" 

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"And because I'm not sure why anyone would date me if they could have him."

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...he takes Asher's hand. 

"Asher," he says, quietly, "your boyfriend is brilliant. I don't know if he tells you but he is. Eros is incredible and I'm so lucky to be here and I am so, so lucky to know Lev, he's sweet and observant and dedicated and kind and so, so good. And I wish I could have talked to you when you could have talked back, because then I could hear all your favorite things about Lev, and maybe we could surprise him together and I'd get to see how happy he was.

I love him very much. I promise I'll take care of him for you." 

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"I love you."

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"I love you too." 

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