It was Wednesday morning when Kevin texted Edd to meet him at the park between both of their jobs. It was on a hill with a great view of The Bay and there were a few food trucks in the area, but Kevin had another idea. So he packed a small picnic lunch in his saddle bags on his bike. And Edd's mega watt grin when he saw what he had done made the extra work worth it. He'd been knee and elbow deep in a new project for nearly a month and had to bring his work home a few nights. But he had to try to get a grin out of the ravenette. Edd couldn't stop smiling. Not even when his ex and Kevin's boss walked up.

"Thought I recognized that hat."

Kevin and Edd's heads snapped up to see Maxwell Marshall looking down at them. He was still just as tan and blond as the last time Edd saw him. His eyes just as torquiose. And his attitude just as fiery.

"Hello, Max," Edd said making no effort to hide his grin.

"Hey, Edd. How do you know my new guy?"

"We've only met recently. He's a good guy."

"Uh huh. Be careful, Barr. This one is a heartbreaker."

Edd laughed and Max bristled as his face went to stone.

"I'll see back at the office, Kevin," Max growled as he walked away.

Kevin looked at Edd. He was still grinning and biting his lip in a way that Kevin knew was him making an effort not to say something. Edd took a glance at him and blushed.

"Spill."

"I was going to tell him to tell Jenice hello for me, but I think him seeing this is enough," he grinned.

"You're trouble, you know that?!," Kevin fussed as he pulled Edd's beanie over his eyes.

"You like it."

"I do," Kevin said as he leaned in to get a kiss from his little troublemaker. No matter what was waiting for him back at the office, Edd's grin and kisses made any trouble he'd have to deal with there worth it.

But trouble seemed to be on the menu in multiple doses that lunch hour. 15 minutes after Max walked off, Jenice showed up.

"You've got to be kidding me?!"

Edd and Kevin's heads snap again to see Jenice looking down at them. Her hair had gotten longer since Edd had seen her last, which confirmed a rumor he had heard after Jenice had broken up with him. Max liked his women with long hair. Edd knew that she had started working with a Max Marshall not long after he and Jenice started dating.

He didn't put two and two together until the night of their new company's first Christmas party. Max showed up to pick up Angela, then Jenice walked out of the kitchen with Edd. Max nearly pitched a fit when he saw Edd again for the first time in nearly two years.

He then went off on the two best friends for still living together. When Ang countered that he had come on to her, he dumped her. Jenice walked out the door with her business partner, telling Edd she needed time to sort her feelings as she didn't know how close he and Angela were. She broke up with him a week later.

"Hello, Jenice," Edd said, smile wide.

"Eddward. I guess Max wasn't lying."

"Why would he lie?," Edd asked, blinking big blue eyes full of curiosity at her.

Kevin thought he looked adorkable. And his acting facetious, whether not he was doing it on purpose was all kinds of sexy.

Jenice waved him off. She knew Max would never have a reason to lie to her. Honesty was his policy. And while Edd and Ang had been honest with the both of them, until they saw what their relationship was for themselves, they felt lied to. And apparently they're both still pretty bitter about it.

"Watch your back, Kevin. Edd here is a heartbreaker with a penache for selling commitment."

Edd gave her a condescending look.

"Now, Jenice..."

"Don't give me that, Edd! How is Angela these days?"

"She's well. She just had a couple dancers get into Julliard."

Jenice rolled her eyes. She always hated that Angela was successful in a field she considered to be a hobby and not a career.

Edd's smile just grew wider.

"How are you, Edd?," she asked sarcastically.

"Still here, Jenice."

Edd had been heartbroken when Jenice dumped him. Angela was so pissed about it that she sent Jenice a dozen black roses to her office everyday until Edd started to feel better. It took nearly four months.

"He is not allowed at the Christmas party, Mr Barr," she said to Kevin whilst pointing to Edd, who fell over in a fit of giggles.

"Told you so," Edd grinned up at Kevin.

Kevin sighed and ran a hand over his face. He felt like he needed to shave. It was only 1230. This thing had him so stressed out, it felt like his beard was coming in like he was an over watered Chia Pet.

"At least your smart enough to know where your kind isn't wanted, Edd."

"What kind is that, Jenice? I've loved who I've loved. And I've always been honest about it. Just because you and Max didn't get it until that day isn't my or Angie's fault. That was entirely on you two."

His grin had gone down to a soft smile and his eyes were a serene blue. He was calm. He was happy. He was telling to truth.

"I'll see you back at the office, Barr. We have a staff meeting at 230. Don't be late," she said as she walked away.

"I'm sorry, Kevin," Edd said, smile still in place.

"Don't worry about it," Kevin said as he leaned over and picked the ravenette up and put him in his lap. "I'm the only thing standing between them getting two city contracts and the one for the new mall they want to put in on that new beachfront property that just opened up and them losing them to Cooper and Houston."

Edd's eyes went wide. He didn't know much about Kevin's job as they hadn't talked much about their work lives. But he knew that Cooper and Houston was the biggest and best engineering firm in the city.

"How, Kevin?!"

Kevin grinned.

"Look at me, Edd. I'm hot. Send in the hot new guy, you get contracts."

"Oh, my god, Kevin! They're pimping you out!"

Kevin laughed and Edd had to giggle.

"I still have to do my work for the projects, but yeah, not many peope there can look as good as I do and do what I do," Kevin said as he laid a kiss on Edd's forehead.

Edd blushed and wanted to kick himself for wondering what else Kevin could do and look good doing it.

And as if Kevin had read his mind, the redhead leaned in and whispered in his ear, "I look pretty good doing that, too."

Edd went purple and Kevin just snickered.

"So you like commitment, huh?," Kevin asked as he fed blueberries to the scientist in his lap. Seeing Edd's love for the fruit made him make sure he always had some on hand for him.

Edd blushed and sighed.

"I guess you can say that. I'm loyal to a fault, I guess."

"I wouldn't fault you for that. That's a good thing."

Edd knew he was right, but his loyalty to his best and only real friend had screwed up a multitude of relationships for him. Kevin was the first person he had been completely honest with about he and Ang and so far things were good. Real good. But he still felt like the other shoe should drop.

Edd's phone pinged with a text from Ang and Edd ran a frustrated hand through his hair knocking his beanie off. Kevin took it and put it in his pocket.

"What's up?," Kevin whispered in his neck.

Edd did his best to gather his composure before responding.

"Ang wants to know if I'm free Friday for Girl's Night with she and Melissa."

"Go."

"What?!," Edd squeaked, turning wide blue eyes on soft green.

"You'll keep them out of trouble for one. And I have a feeling that they're gonna give you trouble about it if you don't."

Edd sighed. Kevin was right. Again.

"Fine, I'll go. But I want to see you for brunch on Sunday."

"You just want me for my omelettes."

Edd looked up at him with a spark of desire playing in his blue eyes.

"You know what they say about the way to a man's heart being through his stomach, don't you?"

"Yeah?"

"Just make sure my omelette has extra cheese and the champagne is cold," Edd replied.

He then wrap an arm around Kevin's shoulder and shoved his hand into auburn locks as he gave him a passionate kiss before getting up and heading back to his car. He was still in Kevin's line of sight when he got inside. He blew the floored redhead a kiss, gave him a small wave and drove back to work.

When Kevin regained his bearings after Edd drove off, he felt the beanie in his pocket. Pulling it out, he gave it a sniff. Blueberry, lavender and fresh cotton filled his senses. He couldn't wait to get the bearer of such fresh scents back into his arms again.

Work wasn't as bad as Kevin thought it'd be. Max and Jenice may have been upset about seeing him with Edd, but there was work to be done and as a startup, they couldn't afford to let petty things like past relationships get in the way of what they had to do.

But soon word came down that the company Christmas party may be employees only. It was just as well. Kevin figured by December, he'd have much better things to do than get drunk with his coworkers.

Like make visions of omelettes dance through Edd's head.