"Don't worry, I'll put you to work," Marcus answers with a little grin for Dan, tilting his head to look over at him. He needs to get out of this bed and he needs to do it soon or risk doing something foolish, but at the same time, he certainly doesn't want Dan to think he's leaping to his feet because the thought of sharing a bed has gotten to be too much.

It's the very opposite in fact. It's the knowledge that he could sink back down into this so easily.

"You should stick around here," he says as he eases himself out from under the covers, then stretches his legs out carefully. His injured knee he bends and straightens a few times, wincing at the stiffness, but already the swelling feels like it's gone down. "I don't like the idea of you going back out there until this is all over."