mowing the lawn shirtless is how you hit a pebble and almost lose a nipple, and he's got the scar to prove it. he can be persuaded to strip-paint in exchange for a tall glass of iced tea so sweet you could lower a string into it and pull out rock candy. how about a Christmas holidate situation that lasted through the new year? his divorce was final in November and he would've been feeling especially low once the jingles started playing on repeat. we could always backdate scenes for all the rom-com silliness.