James reached out and ruffled Matthew’s damp hair. “You should rest,” he said. Matthew leaned into James’s touch. “I would. But I don’t want all of you to leave. It’s selfish, but—” “I’ll stay,” said James. “As will I,” said Thomas. Christopher closed his doctor’s bag with a snap. “We’ll all stay,” he said. Which was how they ended up sleeping curled on the eiderdown before the fire, like a litter of puppies.
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