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There wasn't a ton of talking after Shawna arrived, which was fine with Major. It had been a long time, and after the frustration of knowing he couldn't be with Liv, sex with a total stranger seemed like a fine way to go.

And Shawna was good at it. Enthusiastic, responsive … it was some of the best sex he'd had in a long time.

They took a nap, scrounged for snacks in the kitchen, and went for another round. Somewhere in there they found time to talk enough to determine that they both had the next couple of days free, and both thought the best way to spend those days was in bed. Together.

The morning found them starting the day off right. So right that Major almost didn't hear his phone buzzing. At last he decided whoever it was didn't seem like they were going to stop calling, so he snaked an arm out from under the covers to grab it.

Shawna pouted at him. "Don't answer it!"

Major frowned at the phone. Ravi. Ravi really would just keep calling and calling. "It's my roommate. Again. Calling to remind me to set the DVR."

"No," Shawna said, nibbling on his ear.

But she didn't know Ravi like Major did. He swiped to answer the call and put the phone to his ear. "World's Deadliest Plants, NatGeo, tomorrow. Got you covered, bro!"

"Not why I'm calling. Listen. My parents got a wild hair, decided to renew their wedding vows. My dad just called, surprised me with a plane ticket to London."

Major was kind of listening. Sort of. But Shawna was licking his neck, breathing in his ear, tugging his earlobe with her teeth, and it was hard to concentrate on anything but that. "That's so fricking good," he said, but he meant what Shawna was doing, not whatever it was that Ravi had said.

"O-kay. So, I'll be back in a few days. Can you get word to Liv?"

Something about talking to Liv. Right. Major could do that. "Totes magotes! Bye, now!" He turned off the phone, dropped it on the nightstand, and returned to the previous more interesting activities, to Shawna's vocal pleasure.

When that round ended, Major could no longer deny the call of nature. "I'm starving. For food," he clarified. "But I don't want to get out of bed."

"Me, neither." Shawna pouted again, which made Major want to kiss her, which halted the conversation for a few minutes. Then she looked up at him, her eyes wide. "I've just had the best idea."

"What's that? Mm. I approve," he said, as she shifted her hips beneath him.

"No, not that. I mean, that's a good idea, but this one's better."

"What could be better?"

"If we want food, but we don't want to get out of bed, what if we moved the bed … downstairs?"

"You mean, like, on the couch?"

"No, I mean like a fort."

"A sex fort!" Major was delighted. "I'm down with that."

So they carted pillows and blankets and sheets downstairs, making a fort out of the entire living room, and Major ordered a pizza, bringing the box inside the fort with them. They dug in with gusto. Major could feel energy moving back through his body.

"This fort of ours is giving me all the feels," Shawna said between bites. "When I was a kid I went to this camp. Once a summer, they'd take us half a mile into the woods, and we'd rough it for a night."

"We did that at Camp Skookum, too!"

"Shut the front door! Camp Skookum? You went there, too?"

"For five years in a row."

"Good old Camp Skookum. Did you know that 'skookum' is Chinook for 'good and solid'; but also a 'yeti-like monster with clawed foot'?"

Major nodded. "Um, who didn't know that? Remember the camp song?"

"'Course! Do you?"

She was challenging him, and she was going to lose. Major took a deep breath and dug back into his memory. "'Let's slather on the sunblock/ and use the bug spray, too/ always have your epi-pen if that pertains to you!'"

Shawna laughed, grabbing her phone. "Hold on, hold on."

"Okay, fine." He wasn't sure he loved having this on camera, but, really, what could it hurt? He mugged a little for the video as he went on, "'Don't share your brush with anyone/ there's lice for heaven's sake/ and poison ivy in the woods and leeches in the lake/ Hey!'"

"Something that adorable had to be documented," Shawna said, tapping on her phone.

"Post that and die."

"Too late. It's already on my Tumblr. Oh, my God, look at those comments. All your old football teammates think you're pretty cute, too." She held the phone away from him.

Major leaned over her. "Gimme the phone, or suffer the consequences."

"Do your worst."

"Okay. But you're not going to like it." He positioned himself on top of her and kissed her. By the time her hands wound around his neck, no phone in either one of them, he had forgotten all about it and the video. And the pizza, but that would be great cold later.

Another day went by, and another night. Shawna was delightful. And voracious. And inventive. And Major hadn't had this much fun since … before Meat Cute. Possibly before the boat party.

They finally got around to a shower the second morning, since they'd both begun to take on a bit of a sex and takeout odor. It was a long shower, which used all the hot water. But at least they both smelled better afterward.

Major took a while longer shaving, promising to be smooth as a baby's butt, as Shawna went downstairs. When he followed her, he found Liv standing in the hall, and the juxtaposition of the two of them there together rocked him back a bit. "Hey, Liv," he said weakly.

She seemed equally weirded out, which he was glad of. "Hey. I just came by to pick up Ravi's supply closet key."

"Yeah, yeah. I think it's, um …" He scanned the cabinet nearby, where Ravi usually dropped all his stuff. "Right here." Fishing the key out of the pile, he held it out to Liv.

Liv took the key, looked over at Fort Lust, seemed to find something very disturbing about it, and backed away slowly. "Well, I know some rats that won't feed themselves. You kids have fun."

And she was gone.

"Who was that?" Shawna asked. "And what did she say about rats?"

"Oh, just … someone who works for my roommate." He felt vaguely disloyal about it, but he imagined describing Liv as his ex-fiance might spoil the mood a bit. "And the rats … the office pets."

"Pet rats?"

"Some people, right?"

"Yeah."

But the moment was awkward, and so Major jumped in to try to save it. "Who's up for a smoothie? I make a great smoothie."

"Smoothies give a person lots of energy, right?" Shawna lifted an eyebrow.

"So much energy."

"Then let's get to it. So we can get back to other things. Fort Lust's looking pretty empty."

Major grinned. "And we can't have that."