From then on they took things slowly. They both had work scheduling conflicts again, but they had more free evenings. Since Tony didn’t have to save money for surgery anymore, he had quit his job at the pet supply shop in favor of more hours at Health in a Handbasket to pay off his remaining bills. Flynn’s job was in a bit of a lull after organizing a new ad campaign for the company’s line of raw snacks. With that out of the way, he had plenty of free time while coming up with more slogan and flyer designs. More often than not, that time was spent with Tony.
They treated their new relationship like just that: a brand new relationship. Tony even suggested something he called “Blind Date Night,” where he and Flynn pretended to meet for the first time based on a set-up. Flynn remembered most
