Doesn't have to! Ethan leaves on a buisness trip!

Ryan smirked to himself in the mirror.

Today was the day. Ethan was going on a business trip for the next week, and he had Sarah to himself for a week. In fact, he could barely hold back his giddiness over the conversation he had just had with his brother!

"It's all about getting those new accounts," He was saying. "It could take anywhere from a day to three weeks!"

"Hm. Yeah. I hear ya." Ryan was humming along noncommittally, watching Sarah walk around with nothing but a long sleep shirt and an apron. She was cooking them pancakes and her face was screwed up in concentration as she poured and watched them.

"Listen... I've got a favor to ask."

That got Ryan's attention.

"Yeah? What?"

Ethan figgeted her, looked at Sarah, and then dropped his voice.

"Could Sarah come over and hang out with you when Jake is home at night?"

"Uhm. Yeah. Sure," Ryan said, trying not to burst with excitement. Jake was an asshole, and he wanted to get into Sarah's pants almost as much as Ryan did. Only he went about it the wrong way, and instead of being a hunk to the woman, he was just coming off a little strong and stalkery.

"Oh good," Ethan said, with a smile.

And then Sarah had spilled syrup down her sleep shirt, somehow having lost the apron, and they both were treated to her blush and try and clean up the stickness of her nipples. Over and under her shirt. The conversation had dissipated and Ethan had taken Sarah away to 'clean up'.

While Ryan had snatched a few pancakes and her apron, and went back to his apartment to take care of 'buisness'.

Which lead to this moment.

A knock on his door. Sarah showing up in comfy PJ's, but that were much more PG-13, on account she was in public. She was flushed, embarassed, but she was happy.

"Hey, Ryan," She greeted with a big smile. "Listen, can I hang out here? Jake is being weird again... and watching porn in the living room."

Fucking idiot. Had no decorum.

Ryan smiled big. "Course!"

She came in, relieved, and quickly plopped on his couch, where he had been watching a documentary on Dogs that was new on Netflix. He was a softy, so sue him. It also helped that he knew Sarah had to be coming over one of these nights, and had decided that cute video of animals wouldn't hurt to marathon until she came over and they could choose a movie and snuggle to.

"Oh!" She said, with a big smile. "I just watched this. Isn't it so cute?"

"It is," Ryan agreed. "You want to watch something else?"

He asked, as he sat down next to her, threw a blanket over their close laps, and then tossed his arm over her shoulder.

"Sure," She said, relieved, as she snuggled into him. He was warm, as she had commented often enough, and her hands were ice cold.

"Anything in particular?"