It was two fifteen in the morning. The clubs would still be open for a while yet, but Drew’s group was flagging. Most were nurses, paramedics, junior doctors, Paul had learned over the last few hours. They knew how to party, but they worked shifts, too and never got enough sleep. So once they had a few drinks in them, they started to droop. The group had already thinned out, some heading back to their hotel. The hard core were in a bar, at a corner table. Paul looked at Drew beside him and got a drowsy smile in return.
He did look very appealing all sleepy like that. His hair a bit mussed up. Paul couldn’t help but think of how good it would be to have him lying in bed, naked and mussed and drowsy. Not from drink, but from s*x. He leaned closer, to talk. The music wasn’t loud in here. It
