Gene isn't quite sure how; he'd done the proper thing, hadn't he? Let Tony lead? Even if he hadn't quite known where he was supposed to be following him to?
(The worst and saddest part - the part Gene doesn't quite realize - is that this kind of affection and contact is something he's had no experience with. While he might have wanted...something...it was nothing he could articulate, because it wasn't in his paradigm.)
The tingling burn in his lips, he's sure, is the alcohol.
He goes to bed, with one question in his mind - if Tony's intentions had been headed in that direction, why hadn't he taken Gene to bed with him?
Enough pondering. Breakfast still needed to be made...but between Tony's inebriated state and tomorrow's calendar, Gene's pretty sure that his services (these particular ones, anyway) won't be needed until later in the morning.
Morning came, and Tony still wasn't awake - or, alternatively, he'd decided not to get out of bed. Gene would be only too happy to let him have a lie-in, but it's not up to him if Tony misses his appointments.
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Gene isn't quite sure how; he'd done the proper thing, hadn't he? Let Tony lead? Even if he hadn't quite known where he was supposed to be following him to?
(The worst and saddest part - the part Gene doesn't quite realize - is that this kind of affection and contact is something he's had no experience with. While he might have wanted...something...it was nothing he could articulate, because it wasn't in his paradigm.)
The tingling burn in his lips, he's sure, is the alcohol.
He goes to bed, with one question in his mind - if Tony's intentions had been headed in that direction, why hadn't he taken Gene to bed with him?
Enough pondering. Breakfast still needed to be made...but between Tony's inebriated state and tomorrow's calendar, Gene's pretty sure that his services (these particular ones, anyway) won't be needed until later in the morning.
Morning came, and Tony still wasn't awake - or, alternatively, he'd decided not to get out of bed. Gene would be only too happy to let him have a lie-in, but it's not up to him if Tony misses his appointments.
He knocks on the door. "Tony?"