And you know, he was blond and had a great ass. You have no idea how far that gets him! ;)
*LOL*
I like all the bits that you ended up cutting that showed the passage of time, but the part that ended up in there (the movie comment) did make it perfectly clear that they'd been spending a lot of time together. I'm a big fan of slice o' life fics, so if you turned each of those lines that you cut into their own fic in this AU-verse I'd read every one! These last two especially tease my imagination in amazing ways:
Sometimes he gets caught up painting and crashes at the studio on a disgusting futon that I refuse to get naked on.
Sometimes I bring him food and we eat it at his worktable, and then he lets me stay and watch him paint for a while.
Loved the fic! Interesting commentary! Go write more fics! *hugs*