Matthew quickly fried up some steak strips while Gavin set up the game, then ate his portion over a bed of lettuce and spinach while Gavin ate the rest out of the pan. It was too early for wine, but that didn’t stop them from opening a bottle once the food was gone. At the end of their first game Matthew turned sweat into sweater with his final two squares and won the game, earning himself a sweet jest about being able to turn just about anything unpleasant into something cuddly. Matthew countered by saying he didn’t think sweat was unpleasant in the least, especially the right kind of sweat drawn by the right kind of activity. That won him a look that said sexy was much more interesting than cuddly.
Then Gavin proceeded to annihilate him during their next game with so many brilliant play
