"So would mine but-- what are they going to do, send me to an ex-gay camp?"

"...I'm pretty sure harboring runaways is illegal and I don't want to get the police called on Ron." 

"I think he's going to be harboring runaways either way."

"Yeah. At this point it's just a couple more weeks until the end of camp, though, I'll see what my parents say." 

"Okay. --Do you think you can fall asleep on your own tonight?"

"I'll be all right." A kiss on Lev's cheek. "Go do whatever it is you need to do." 

He taps Marlo on the shoulder to wake him and leaves.

He waits two minutes, counting down the seconds, and then follows Lev to the bathroom. 

And when he gets there he gets an armload of Lev kissing him.

!!!!!

He picks Lev up so they have a better angle and kisses him like — like he thought he would never get the chance again. 

Oh. That's really sweet and really guilt-inducing and really hot.

He is really not inclined to stop kissing Lev — he's so obviously happy and glowing and in love —

That's okay, they don't have to stop--

Eventually Lev pulls away and says, "it makes me sad when you make yourself miserable to try to make me happy and then push all your feelings down so you can act happy."

"I was trying not to — to pressure you, I'm sorry —" and he sits down and pulls Lev down into his lap and holds him closer than he's gotten a chance to in too long. 

"It's okay, I love you, I don't want you to be miserable--"

"I'm not miserable, I love you — what changed your mind?" 

"Uh. I had sex with Jan, and then I kind of vomited a bunch of thoughts on Raine, and then I-- realized the difference between sex with you and sex with Jan is that I love you."

"I want to say something appropriately sympathetic but the only thing I can think of is I love you." 

"And I love you and I don't want to make you miserable and-- I can figure the other things out. But I know that."

"We can figure it out," he says, soft. 

The only solution to that is kissing.

It has been way too long since Lev kissed someone he actually really wanted to kiss.

And if he winds up sprawled on the floor with Lev on top of him, well, who's to say which of them tipped them over? 

He holds on to both of Marlo's hands as hard as he can with their fingers intertwined, pins him to the ground, kisses him.

He relaxes into Lev's touch, lets the tension drain out of his shoulders, lets Lev lead the kiss.

Lev moves his hands a bit so he's holding down Marlo's wrists and keeps kissing him.