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    Dennis doesn’t leave, not yet. He sits with his back against the wall, watching Pope.

    It suddenly seems so quiet and small in this room. The silence is so loud, which seems impossible, but it buzzes hard in Dennis’s ears.

    He observes the way the moonlight from the window shines on the sweat on Pope’s skin. He gets up.

    Pope stirs before speaking, “Where’re you going?”

    “I’m just going to the couch so you can get some sleep.”

    “Don’t sleep on the couch. Sleep here.”

    Dennis pauses. The words hang heavily in the air. Alarm bells go off in Dennis’s head, the thought of crawling into bed with a man who uses butane torches for first aid purposes, who probably has a gun or two stashed around his apartment– this mysterious, obvious escape plan apartment.

    But something strong inside of him wants to, wants to curl up into this man’s mattress and fall asleep next to him. That very irrational part of him is winning.

    OR

    When Jack Abbot's estranged brother shows up at the Pitt seeking his help, he asks Dennis for a favor: take care of Pope's injury and observe him for forty-eight hours. Things get complicated fast.

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