"We'll do a blanket swap," he says with an agreeing tone. "I'll take this one with me, you'll get the one on my bed at the beach house." If it sounds like Billy's making up reasons for them to hang out with each other, he might be. But it would be nice to have the blanket over him while he sleeps on those bad nights.

For now, the real scent of the real man against him, is enough. Tommy is enough and real and they were here for one another. That would be enough for a day like today. So he sighs and holds his boyfriend, relaxing and holding him as the sun starts to set outside.