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Daren looked at the door and smiled, "french toast and sausages, hope that's alright." he put the last two pieces onto a plate and dusted them with powdered sugar before carrying the plates to the table. "i didn't know what you wanted to drink, so you'll have to get that yourself, but everything else is ready when you are." it hadn't passed his notice that he wasn't Daren anymore. did that mean he should call Tim by James again? he was worried how Tim would react to that, would he feel relieved or get worried? Daren decided to stick with Tim until told otherwise, it was the safest thing to do for now.

Daren grinned, "you have to beat me to the kitchen in order to cook me breakfast." he said it as a challenge, wanting Tim to rise up and take it, giving him some goal to work on. it was the little things that were the most important. "make sure to fill up, we'll wait an hour after we eat and then head down to work out, ok? rehab for you and my usual work out for me, i've been slacking off lately." he poked his stomach as if a couple days without working out would suddenly make him fat. "i'm glad you like it, though. french toast is one of my favorites, mainly because you can have the left overs later for a snack by adding some jam." he took a good sized bite and slowly chewed, happy with the consistency of the bread.

"Neither did you," Daren pointed out, smiling a little at how flustered Tim was getting. "i don't sleep much, anyways, but there are some days i sleep in." those days were rare, but they happened, "how about you make me breakfast on one of those days, ok?" he took another bite and sighed happily, "we wont work hard, ok? just a little bit of a work out, something to get the blood pumping and make our muscles work properly. it's not good for your body to be inactive, you know."

Daren laughed, "That was right. i'd forgotten, then you get fat and i'll work out." he chuckled, shaking his head as he tried to imagine Tim fat and couldn't do it. "how about this, let's make a deal? i'll take a nap if you do. we'll see how we feel when we wake up. if we're feeling good we'll do a bit of a work out, if not we'll just stay up here and rest. ok?" at least it was something, and if he couldn't sleep, he'd just read.

Daren shook his head, "don't feel bad, really. i just have a hard time sleeping and you are still recovering. it's a good thing you are sleeping so much." he cleared the dishes and started loading them into the washer. "two hours, got it. that will put us at around 10:30, so if we go down then and work out until 11, 11:30 we can come back up, shower and make lunch. sound good? you don't have to do the full hour, but i plan to."

Daren shrugged, Tim had been honest with him, so he should be honest as well, "i have nightmares. might make me sound childish, but it's true. i have them less when i sleep with other people, but that doesn't happen often so i've gotten used to not sleeping much." Tim's proposal for their work out was a tricky one. it meant Daren was going to have to keep a close eye on him while they were down there. he wasn't going to let tim overwork himself. even if it meant he himself didn't get a full workout in, he was going to call it quits when Tim needed to stop.

Daren smiled, "That's a deal." they had finished putting the dishes away, "so when did you want to take this nap? now?" he didn't mind, he just had to be careful. he'd already hurt Tim once today, he couldn't do it again. he'd just have to make sure that he didn't think about those things. he could do that, he could control himself.

Daren let himself be taken to the bedroom and stripped down to his boxers, unable to sleep in jeans. he turned so he could face Tim, "of course you can." he slipped his hand into Tim's and used that to pull the man closer. "you can lay closer, Tim. i won't hurt you." he just prayed that he hadn't ruined his relation with Tim forever.