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some action, buddy, I think you should just say thank you and take your

medicine.”

Chris made a sound that should have been a laugh but sounded a

little like a sob, and Xander went about helping him with his morning

routine.

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“It"s a good thing I"m already gay, Chris, because if I had to

handle your equipment every day to help you piss in a bottle, I think I"d

go gay for you in about two days.”

“Yeah, you say that now, but that"s because you haven"t had to

help me crap in a can yet. That"ll turn you off my ass quicker than you

can say „slick shit".”

“Baby, nothing"ll turn me off your ass. Now piss, already, I need to

take a shower.”

They had a concierge doctor and a private nurse, and, of course,

Lucia there to help take up the slack.

Chris hadn"t been there for two days before they realized they had

another potential employee in the making, as well.

Xander came back from practice aching all over and dragging his

ass through the front door, hoping for nothing more than to veg on the

couch and guzzle Gatorade like it was the elixer of life. The weeks of

commuting between Colorado and Sacramento during the playoffs

hadn"t come without a price, and Xander could feel in his bones that he

owed the body-god some serious sleep.

Audrey was talking seriously to the in-house nurse, getting

instructions for things she could do to help when the man was off duty.

Xander watched the two of them casually, liking the young man

very much. He was earnest and geeky, with a hairline that would recede

before he hit thirty and a narrow, appealing face—and he liked to make

Audrey laugh.