Shannon nodded in fond agreement. Friendship was an excellent foundation for a romantic relationship, and neither of them were discounting all of that time they had known each other beforehand. "Good thing I've got such a great teacher. I can learn by doing, too," he said. "Or... well, being done to."

That sounded more than familiar and Shannon tilted his head as he tried to dig for what it was reminding him about. "Using his subs as canvases?" That was it. And there was a good reason it wasn't so clear in his mind: that had been shortly before Matheus had made his entrance and everything in his brain turned to scrambled eggs. He grimaced slightly, then tried to change his mental tracks back to the topic at hand. "He mentioned it, but we didn't really get the chance to talk too much. What about it?"