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And noas stuck—the h the living rooet to his bedroom anyway

“Oh, you’re up” Ben strolled into the kitchen, and Maddox turned around slowly, pasting a ss don’t have to be weird—not if you don’t let the Blueberries?”

“Yeah” Maddox nodded There really were few scents as wonderful as lene was co for a close second The kitchen was too da muffins and stuff to take to Apollo’s for breakfast toht”

“You think we’ll go wheels up Mondayout when they et the call to deploy was one of Ben’s favorite hobbies

“Probably” Maddox didn’t need to speculate—he kept his head down and stayed ready regardless

Ben grabbed two beers out of the fridge—they still had a six-pack of Stone IPA from their last trip up to Oceanside to see Ben’s faarden, listening to Ben and his father talk the Galaxy’s chances in this year’s MLS season Ben set the beers on the white counter that Maddox had just scrubbed, then fished out a third and offered it to him

“Not now, thanks” Maddox held up his soapy hands

“Sure” Ben didn’t put the beer back in the fridge, though, setting it next to the other two “You want to couy Very chatty”

“Muffins have another few ed

“You can hear the tiuy would be up for getting to know you too He seems the type up for whatever”

Whatever was exactly what Maddox was not up for, and even Ben’s asn’t enough to undo his resolve He shook his head and set the now-spotless ainst the counter The kitchen really was too suys over six feet, and it was definitely too srin