"Green, blue, that awful pinkish purple all the ladies prefer these days. Whatever color you'd like." He laughed. The tension between them wasn't gone completely — it likely could never be completely gone with their positions as opposite as they were — but it was paused for the moment. Perhaps, if they were lucky, they could live in the pause forevermore. Perhaps, the conclusion they'd come to tonight would allow them some happiness.

Smirking now, Dory held his hand out to her and asked, "want to go to bed?"

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