That would be saved for when he went completely off the rails and stayed in the shower twice as long as he felt he should.

And now Danny was just never gonna leave. His shoulders flexed and relaxed under Steve's touch and he let out another one of those little aborted groans each time Steve found a tight spot. Which there were a lot of. Because Danny 'All Anxiety All The Time' Williams.

Well, Steve's hands would slip into some of Danny's fantasies before he could catch himself too.

Even though he should be smarter here. They were supposed to be sleeping and not... whatever this was. But instead, Danny curled his arm up underneath Steve's shoulder to touch his shoulder and neck in response to that.

Danny was still trying to get a handle on exactly where this was going and if it was in his head or not.

Which was why he met Steve's gaze, running his thumb along Steve's neck as he evened out his breathing. When had it picked up there? (Probably when he hadn't pulled away after that message had gone on longer than was, you know, strictly platonic.)

Well, the helpless wasn't what Danny wanted to see at all. He couldn't help put push up a little so they were on even ground with each other.

Which, coincidentally, put him in the right position to kiss him if he moved just a little more.

Danny licked his lips at the little gesture, thumb brushing along the underside of Steve's jaw. "Steve..."

Which meant Danny was closing the distance between them to kiss him while fully in his right mind for a change. And, yes, it was just as good as it had been before.

This right here would be the true test of their ability to pretend everything was normal and fine.

But right now, it was all about enjoying the moment for what it was. Danny hummed, shifting up against him to make this easier to keep figuring out just how Steve enjoyed this.

Which was more than enough to cause Danny to sigh and bring up his other hand to cup Steve's face in both of them now.

Oh, so he just wanted to make sure to leave physical evidence on Danny to have all the mixed feelings about until they healed, huh? That actually tracked for their relationship.

The noise Danny made at that was a bit like it was punched out of him as he tilted his head obligingly to let Steve do as he pleased there.

Danny's fingers flexed and tightened against Steve's skin and he let out a much louder noise at that. Because someone really enjoyed a bossy partner in bed. Shocking literally no one.

He didn't mean to slot his leg between Steve's, but it was happening as he tried to find a comfortable position to let Steve just... continue all of that.

It was at least safe to say they had a sort of mutually assured destruction in mentioning how much they were both very obviously enjoying this. At least pants were still on here. Which, you know, made it slightly less of a leap into the unknown.

Slightly.

Danny kissed him back with a lot more force this time, easily falling into sync with Steve like he had for the past few years.

And Danny would be focusing on how Steve's hands felt on him, not really able to return the favor in the position he was sprawled on top of Steve. But his hands kept moving along Steve's shoulders and up his neck and to the back of his head to guide him into the sort of kisses that were much less testing and more drawn out and intense than a first real go at this warranted.

Though that too could be blamed on the extension of their relationship. If any thought was really put into that.

Danny, on the other hand, had no such self-imposed restrictions. In fact, one might call him loud.

Shocking, right?

He made sure to repeat anything that earned him one of those small noises from Steve, though. Consider it just a continuation of his need to provide things to the people he cared about.