<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Deciding to wait until Michael had finished bathing before he order them something to eat, Theo stood in front of the floor to ceiling window over looking the city in all it's brightly lit beauty. He absently picked at spatters of paint that stained his hands still. Now and then moving away to check that the shower was still going. That he wasn't trapped in the deep throes of a fevered dream. Still finding it all hard to swallow. All too good be true. Too easy even.<br/>
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An hour had passed and Theo was about ready to start for the guest room to check on Michael, when the man finally appeared. Free of dirt and grime, Michael was a few shades paler than he'd started out; in great need of some sun on his skin and meat on his bones. Theo pressed his lips into a thin line to keep from laughing at the comical scene of the comb clinging to the other's dark hair. Just about to ask what happened when Michael asked for something to cut his hair with. <br/>
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Theo watched the other study himself in the mirror for a time, before he cleared his throat. "Here, let me see what I can do." Sitting on the plush couch, he waited until the man joined him, beckoning him to sit on the floor between his legs. Carefully disentangling the comb from the other's matted hair, he took his comb to detangle the stubborn locks. Finger detangling where the comb failed. Another full hour passing before he could smoothly comb his fingers through Michael's hair. <br/>
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Gathering all of the other's hair, he pulled back into a loose braid, "There, if you still want to it cut, I can take you to have it done tomorrow." Theo didn't trust himself around hair with a pair of scissors, better to leave it to a professional. So focused on detangling Michael's hair, he didn't notice the brand burned onto the side of  his neck. Not until he'd reached out to brush the braid over Michael's shoulder, his stomach tightening and heart dropping to his feet. Before he could reconsider, he reached out to lightly trace over the raised skin shaped like that of an inverted letter<b> A</b> and <b>B </b>intertwined with one another.</span>