Marc St. James smiled and leaned in closer to Cliff, eventually resting his head on the other man's shoulder. Cliff responded by placing his arm firmly around Marc and holding him tightly.

Marc smiled a slightly sleepy smile and closed his eyes. He wasn't the slightest bit interested in the old Hitchcock playing on the TV, but he felt warm and safe and it didn't even matter that he was missing Project Runway. He was in the mood for talking though and so he interrupted the movie to ask his boyfriend a question that had been nagging him for some time.

"Why did you choose me?" he asked softly. "I can't be like the guys you usually date. I'm not smart like you, or deep. I don't get this movie at all. Is it just because I'm pretty?"

There was a pause. A long pause. Too long. Marc opened his eyes gingerly and looked up at Cliff. He was relieved to see a smile of his boyfriends face.

"It's not just because you're pretty; although that is a factor. It's because you lit up the room when you burst in to it that day. And you were so confident and dramatic, even when you burned your hand on the lamp. And then you slapped your own arse to hard and it was hilarious. And I thought that if we were together then everything could be that bright. And I was right." Cliff suddenly looked incredibly embarrassed about pouring his heart out.

"Oh that's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard," Marc cried, sitting up and throwing his arms around Cliff.

"Dramatic as always," muttered Cliff, leaning in for a passionate kiss.

As they separated from the kiss, Marc looked into Cliff's eyes with a rare serious expression on his face.

"I'm serious Cliff. No one has ever felt that way about me before.

"So why did you choose me then? You could've had Mr. Gorgeous Hotpants."

"Because you yelled at me. And you were right. And as soon as you left I couldn't stop thinking about what you said. Suddenly spending time with someone who could barely put underwear on made me feel ill. Because it was you who made me laugh that day. And then when you yelled at me you called me beautiful like it was obvious. And I'm so, so glad that I ended up in your house. Oh and angry men are such a turn on," he added as an afterthought.

"You're deeper than you think you are Mark," Cliff said as he let his boyfriends words sink in. "That was kinda beautiful