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It's been raining on and off all day and, finally, Granby gives up on trying to be productive. He abandons his sketchbook and sprawls on his bed instead, wounded arm pillowed under his head, hand resting on his belly. He dozes, idly and, somewhat inevitably, he thinks about Will. It's a pleasant enough way to spend an afternoon, even if he does feel worn tight in every muscle, like something waiting to explore.

The rain is almost enough to make him homesick.

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If there was a look on Laurence's face then Granby misses it entirely, still in the middle of it all. When Laurence gets up off the bed, Granby sprawls back against the pillow, hand across his eyes.

"Good lord, Will."

"It was satisfactory, then?" Laurence asked, returning to the bed to begin cleaning up. Even though he had lately finished an act that he would never have dreamed of doing with another man, let alone twice his mind was already on to matters of neatness.

"More than satisfactory," he says, more than content to stay sticky for a moment as he watches Laurence move around the room. "Perfect."

Laurence found his face reddening once more at the compliment. He had been called many things before, but never that to his knowledge. "Perfect, John?"

"Aye," says Granby, a smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth as he looks up at Laurence, blush and all. "You're a quick study, Will."

Laurence gave a small smile, sitting down on the edge of the bed. No matter how far gone he may have been, he very much doubted he could ever lose himself as completely as Granby did. "I have the benefit of a patient teacher."

"Who? Me?" He huffs a laugh. "Wait until I've got to teach you to do something that actually takes skill. Then see how patient I am."

Laurence looked mildly unimpressed at Granby's statement. "It is much easier to compliment someone when they do not immediately refute it, John."

"I imagine that it is," says Granby, reaching out to brush his fingers against Laurence's bare knee. "I'll try to do better."

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