Chase was smiling, but it was barely there, almost half-hidden, half-reserved and he shrugged. "He said yeah," he agreed. "And we agreed that we're both too damn selfish to even be looking at this for a couple of years down the road." Because even if he wanted a boy, he didn't want that to intrude on the happiness he'd finally found.

"So see? There's no harm in just having a conversation to establish where you each stand," he said, almost mostly logic and some smugness.