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He likes that they've been together long enough now that they have a routine. Either Rapunzel and Pascal stay over at this place or, more often, he stays over with them. He's got a corner of her apartment where he sets up to work when he needs to finish some things off. He keeps a few changes of clean underwear and t-shirts in a drawer in her bedroom. Yeah, he thinks about having sex with her -- he thinks about it a lot, honestly -- but he's also pretty happy to let her set the pace. More than anything, he doesn't want to do anything before she's ready for it.

She's invited him over for dinner, and he's come bearing a bottle of the wine that he knows she likes, and a bunch of flowers in pinks and purples.

He knocks the door and waits.