Aw, thanks dacro!! *loves* I'm happy this felt comfortable to you because I really wanted to get that across, that feeling of closeness to someone you live with and know and love and are quite attuned to...and maybe some of the slippage that happens when you're frequently hearing about the same thing from the other person. ;) It's not that you're not paying attention!--but sometimes your mind wanders when you've grown so accustomed to hearing about a particular subject. :D I'm also happy you found this non-threatening, because yeah--this wasn't supposed to be a big angst fest in the fic itself...I figured a little bit of infidelity goes a long way toward angst in the view of most readers. :)