( Matt gives Peter a small smile and then gives him a good hard pat on the thigh. )

Okay, you apologized. And I'm sorry too, I shouldn't push you. But you gotta get out of here, or strip and sleep next to me, because I have a deposition in the morning.

( He knew Peter couldn't be with him all the time. He knew Peter couldn't sleep next to him in his underwear and not touch Matt. Matt knew a lot of things, but he ignored it all. )

This weekend, we'll go to Coney Island and you can pick out the ugliest horse for me to ride on the carousel.