The haze that accompanies extreme emotion and sex fades eventually, leaving behind a pleasant emptiness and the beginning that accompanies overworked muscles. Oh, that and a thoroughly used and broken bed, as promised (read: threatened) by another. The brass posts are shattered while the questionable mattress is rendered unusable. For what reasons, Neil's too embarrassed to say.

The aforementioned young man, now redressed and appropriate, stares back into the bedroom, his eyes wide with disbelief, as he scratches the back of his head. "You know," he starts. "I'm kinda surprise we didn't fall through the floor."