Andreas didn’t say a word, just nodded his head toward the door.  Apparently, Alex thought he was going to take that bath all by his lonesome.  While Andreas had already taken a shower, he wasn’t at all disinterested in helping the other man.  It would give him a chance to check out those injuries a little more to make sure there was nothing broken or in some way needing medical attention, and he had to admit that he’d been waiting far too long to see Alex naked under more favourable circumstances.<br/><br/>He busied himself with turning down the covers and fluffing up the pillows, but then he was wandering in after Alex.  It was only by accident that he was so quiet, those lessons taught to him at such a young and tender age too deeply ingrained in him to overcome without intent.<br/><br/>“Don’t make the water too hot,” he spoke up.  “It’ll make the bruises worse.”