"Quit it," he says with a little too firm of a voice. It sounded like the start of a spiral and they can't decorate if Tommy's doing that. Which, it seems to work as Tommy stops talking and goes for something on the floor.

Finally. Decorating. They can worry about the table later.

Except——

His partner is pulling out a canvas, a painting of some sort, that has a slight tear. Shit. Shit, Tommy's got tears.

Billy moves to Tommy and puts hands on his shoulders from behind. God, he can feel the tension there. "I'll ask him. Even if you did ask him, I'm sure he won't mind all that much. He'll make it look like nothing happened."