Michael laughed and risked a bite of his own, nearly signing in relief when he didn't immediately want to gag it back out again. "I'll try for over easy, but you're probably going to end up with scrambled. I haven't mastered anything more complicated than that. And," he added, remembering the last time Eli stayed over, "you'll have to wait until a decent hour of the morning. Waking me at five am to cook is going to make for a grumpy boyfriend."

He blushed a little, saying it, but not from embarrassment, but because he loved saying. And meaning it.