"PJ!" Chris watched the blue-eyed man launch himself at his boyfriend and had to bite hard on his lip to keep himself from growling. No matter what PJ said, Chris couldn't quite shake the feeling that there might be an attraction there that made him uncomfortable.

"Hey, Phil!" PJ laughed, patting his friend on the back before looking up and catching Chris' eye. He gave a little cough before disentangling himself, quickly reaching for Dan instead. Chris felt himself relax, only to tense again as Phil then hugged him.

"Missed you, mate!" Phil said, that adorable 'naughty puppy' look on his face, with his eyes bright and his tongue poking out. Chris felt some of the ice in his heart melt at that; it was hard to stay mad at Phil, especially when you had him in your arms and he smelled like raspberries.

"Thanks for inviting us to your flat, PJ," Dan said, and Chris noticed the slight hint of coolness in the brown-eyed man's voice. Dan was usually a lot warmer to PJ… He couldn't stop himself from slinging an arm over the man's shoulder. Companions in envy, that's what they were. He briefly considered flirting with Dan to see if he could make the green-eyed monster manifest in PJ, but told himself he was above that.

Or at least, he was until the side of Dan's mouth quirked up and he nuzzled slightly into Chris' neck. Ok; so Chris might be above playing these games, but if Dan wasn't... Chris smiled and tilted his head back, allowing the nuzzling to continue. Who was he to spoil a bit of sport.

The sudden quietness in front of him made him peek through his eyelashes; Phil's blue eyes had grown even wider and his smile had decreased a few watts into one of uncertainty; PJ wasn't smiling at all, but instead giving Chris a considering, steely look; one that said I know what you're doing and it is stupid.

He quickly pulled away from Dan. Might as well break the ice now… Grabbing PJ by belt loops, Chris yanked the man to himself and planted a kiss directly on his mouth. It wasn't a particularly nice or passionate kiss; more one to prove a point, but it still managed to send a butterfly through his digestive tract. Stupid, he thought, before meeting PJ's eyes. So damn green, and always so far away… and there went some more butterflies.

Glancing over at the others, he saw that Dan's mouth was hanging open in shocked delight and Phil's eyebrows had shot up on his head. Turning to face them, Chris pulled PJ into a headlock. "Guys, I'd like to introduce you to my boyfriend, Peej."

PJ tried to wriggle free and Chris responded by giving him a noogie. Arms flailing like a windmill and face reddening, PJ choked out, "and I'd like to introduce you to my boyfriend, Chris the Barbarian."

"What, for real?" Dan asked, not unkindly. Chris supposed it made sense; he and Peej'd joked about it so long that it becoming reality may be a bit surprising.

PJ straightened up and gave Chris a look that sent all the blood in Chris' body bubbling to his cheeks before wrapping a gentler arm around his shoulders. "Yeah, really," he said softly.

"Well that's a funny coincidence…" Phil began, and when Chris and PJ turned to look at him, he seemed to fall silent. "Ah," he tried to get the words out, then, "Ha ha haaa…"

"Oh for God's sake," Dan rolled his eyes.

"Why is it a funny coincidence?" PJ asked. From the tone of his voice, Chris knew that PJ knew exactly why.

"It's funny because we have the same news you do—Phil and I are together." Despite his attempts to seem unaffected, Dan couldn't seem to meet their gaze, looking at the wall somewhere over PJ's shoulder.

"That's great!" PJ exclaimed loudly, wiggling free to grab them both round their necks in a bear hug. "I'm so happy for you both!"

Feeling left out, Chris went to duck between two pairs of arms and join in on the bear hug. "I'm happy for all of us!" he said, smiling cheekily.

Someone—probably Dan—swayed a little off-balance and the other three, trying to keep him upright, ended up toppling over too in a crash of arms and legs. Chris was reminded of the time they'd all played Twister together to keep the fans happy.

"Ow," PJ groaned from the bottom of the pile and Chris worked to extract his boyfriend from the flailing limbs that were Dan and Phil.

"We should celebrate!" he said cheerfully. "Go have dinner, and Dan should pay."

"What?" Dan exclaimed. "How is that fair?!"

With a little negotiation it was decided that, yes, they would all go out to dinner and no, Dan did not have to pay for it all; it would be an even price split. As they set down the street, elbows linked like a goofy promotional ad for the Wizard of Oz, Chris couldn't quite keep the grin off of his face. He couldn't ask for a better boyfriend, better friends, or a better life.

*Fin*