"Not much else we can do," Bill said. "I thought about hitting up the newspaper's site to look at photos, on the off chance we might see the man's picture in some article, but that could take us forever. If it was a news photo, it could have been in any time from yesterday back to a couple of years ago or more." He turned to Marc then, asking with some concern, "How are you holding up? You look more than dead on your feet. Why not go to bed and we'll let you know if we get any hits on the message."
Marc yawned. "All right, I should, since I'm on shift tonight. But if you don't wake me up, you are so going to be regretting it."
"He'll cut you off?" Colin asked Bill in amusement.
"It's a possibility," Bill told him with a laugh.
"A definite one. This is something important." Marc pushed up from the sofa, and stretched. "Check one more time before I hit the sack."
Bill did, shaking his head to the negative. "It is morning, not a prime time for the sort of people we're trying to contact to be surfing sex sites," he pointed out when Marc grumbled in frustration. "Come on, let's get you to bed."
"Do I have to go stand in the hall for a while?" Colin grinned at them.
"Any other day, maybe, but right now I'm too damned tired to do anything but sleep," Marc replied, stripping off his shirt as he headed out of the room.
"He really shouldn't do that in public," Bill growled softly as he started after Marc.
Colin cocked an eyebrow. "I've seen it before and didn't touch so don't get your tail in a twist."
Swinging around Bill scowled at him for a second before taking a deep breath. "Sorry. I'm trying to rein the whole jealousy thing in but it's going to take time."
"You'll get there. It's hard when he's so… Okay, shut mouth before inserting foot. Or something like that."
Bill chuckled before continuing into the bedroom. Marc was already sprawled on the bed, his eyes closed. With a smile, Bill bent to kiss him lightly. Marc's eyes opened as he muttered, "You can do better than that." Bill did, making slow work of exploring every inch of Marc's mouth. As they finally broke apart, Marc apologized for not being up for anything more.
"We can wait. It's not as if either of us is going anywhere," Bill replied, dropping a kiss on Marc's forehead.
"Not in the foreseeable future," Marc agreed as his started drifting off to sleep. "Love… you…"
"Love you, too." Bill smiled at his sleeping partner then got up and went back into the living room.
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