"No," Merton answered. There'd been strong suggestions about him staying away from the telly, and even stronger suggestions from Leigh about why he shouldn't pop by her place at three in the morning to ask her to order something he'd seen on an infomercial for him. There'd also been discussions of him not trying things he saw on a cooking show, and then once a discussion on why tigers didn't make good housepets, even if he'd seen it on a nature show where they had a baby one that played with their dog. (Which led to a subsequent discussion on why he couldn't have a tiger. Or a dog.)
But technically, there wasn't a rule about telly late at night.
Merton leaned in to the petting. finishing off his own half of the sandwich in a few large bites and then chewing contentedly while Heath petted, not answering until he'd swallowed. "He does sometimes. Just not as much as he says."