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Kent’s SUV out there. Far more practical once they left the city.
    Dex jumped out, grinning. “Hey.”
    “Hey, you!” He locked the door to his storage area down in the parking garage. “Perfect timing.”
    “Excellent.” Dex pulled out a large backpack and a tent from his little car and put them in the back of Kent’s SUV. Then Dex came over and grinned, bending for a kiss.
    He gave it easily. They’d had a lovely night together and a better breakfast, feeding each other before making love in the shower. He hadn’t really wanted to go home, but he’d known they would be back together that afternoon for their expedition.
    Moaning into the kiss, Dex grabbed his ass and pulled him close. “Mmm. I’ve been waiting to do that since you left.”
    “Yeah? You ready for three days alone?”
    “With you, yeah, totally.” Dex pushed Kent’s hair behind his ear. “Just you, me, and the great outdoors.”
    “Let’s go get goodies. Our camp site’s reserved, so we’re good to go.”
    “Let me guess, you want candy?” Dex grinned at him.
    “S’mores! And I love anything cooked outside.”
    Dex climbed into the passenger side of the SUV. “I’ll follow your lead.”
    “Oh, I want this to be good for both of us.” Everything they did let him learn something new about Dex.
    “It will be. I don’t have any foods that I have to have to make it a good camping trip, though.” Dex chuckled. “I have been known to subsist on nothing more than PowerBars and water.”
    “Oh man. No. No, I need coffee and bacon.” Kent liked to indulge himself.
    “We’re going to have to do a lot of hiking if were having bacon.” Dex sounded perfectly serious.
    “Bacon is necessary for life. You know that, right?” Kent got that Dex had to follow a diet for training and stuff, but it was bacon .
    “Maybe very rarely. It’s terrible for you. I mean I’m not a food Nazi or anything. I did have candied bacon after all—but… well, bacon is not good for you.”
    “I buy the nitrate free…,” Kent offered.
    Dex gave him a grin. “I’m not going to begrudge you your bacon, babe. I am going to chase your sweet heinie up and down the hill because of it, though.”
    “Good thing I like to wander, huh?”
    “Yeah. Well, I don’t think we’d be compatible if you didn’t like to move.”
    Kent got that. He did. He liked to be busy; he just wasn’t the most disciplined man on earth.
    “And I’m not being judgy, honest. I just really like to be active, and it would be harder to do things together if you didn’t.”
    “I like to go too. I love being busy. Love it.”
    Dex smiled at him. “Yeah, I got that impression.”
    They pulled up in front of the Whole Foods around the corner from Kent’s place.
    “Mmm. I wonder if they have those amazing mashed potatoes today.” Kent loved their potatoes.
    “Are those campfire food?” Dex asked, eyes twinkling.
    “Nope. Those are a nummy precampfire snack.”
    Laughing, Dex got out and waited for him to grab his reusable bags.
    “I love Whole Foods. I love the weird cheeses and interesting beers.” He enjoyed poking around and seeing what all there was.
    “I like that they’ve got a lot of organic stuff. Some of the shit that gets put into so-called food is terrible.”
    “Yeah?” Kent didn’t really care. He just liked exploring.
    “Yeah. It’s just stuff we don’t need to be eating, you know? I’m not a zealot about it or anything.” Dex bumped their hips.
    “Cool. I like food, but I’m a total geek. Coffee and doughnuts.”
    “It’s a good look on you.”
    “It’s just me.” He was who he was.
    “I like just you an awful lot, Kent.” Dex threw a twenty-four pack of water in the cart.
    “Do you think we need more than that?” Kent asked. What if they got really dehydrated with all that hiking?
    “We can get a few.” Dex threw a couple more twenty-four packs in. “The site has water if we run out.”
    “Cool. Water is important and I worry.”