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WHEN PAUL COMES HOME a week after the premiere to find Alex sitting in the corner of the couch again waiting for him, all signals point to this being the end. Though he realizes he thinks that every time he comes home to Alex waiting for him.
“Hi,” he says carefully. He watches as Alex gets up to come stand in front of him. He looks uncertain but not solemn, and Paul tries to take that as a good sign.
“Go out to dinner with me?” Alex asks.
Paul stares at him, trying to calibrate. “What?”
Alex sighs. “Small words, Paul. I. Am. Asking. You. Out. On. A. Date.”
“A date?” Paul repeats.
Alex nods. “Yes.”
“You mean that thing people do where they make obligatory awkward conversation before s*x happens?”
Alex laughs. “You are such an asshole, can we please go out to dinner?”
“Now?” Pa
