"A surprise?" Ray asked, sipping at his drink and licking his lips. He wasn't usually a fan of surprises, he liked to have more control than that but when he was absolutely guaranteed to love it, he couldn't see the harm.

Excitement started to bubble in his stomach, a shiver making his skin prickle. He looked down into his mug, at the contents swirled together, dissolving into each other, becoming one. It had been a long time since Ray had had someone in his life that he thought he could share it with, make one life together instead of two separate ones.

That was it. What he wished beyond all else: to make sweet, sweet coffee with Asher.

He looked back up with a growing smile. "I think I can live with that."