"Yes, honey, we have bacon," John said, with a shake of his head, rolling his eyes a little at Em as if to say Can you believe this guy?. "It's in the freezer - would you like to get it out?" If Bobby wanted bacon, Bobby could get the bacon, and John would cook it later as part of dessert.

Although he did appreciate the idea of not having ice cream for once.

At Bobby's 'We're just harder to find now', John stilled for just a second, and concentrated very carefully on tending the barbecue. It wasn't his deal to be all secret-secret, even if some boyfriends seemed to shrug it off and enjoy themselves all the more. "I think I told you, if you want, I can always put you in touch with some people," he said, deliberately neutral, because they were John's contacts and not Bobby's, because Bobby had run away. But Em should have options at least. "If you want." It was always important to have choices, especially when you thought you didn't have any.

All too aware of just how 'married couple' they came off, he shot Em just a bit of a wry smile. Whatever she might have expected, this probably wasn't it. "Although I understand we're probably a bit overwhelming so I guess anything else might be a little too much." Westchester might drive her into a coma or something, with all the differences.