Dan does know the way, he realizes with a little grin, tucking his own hands into Marcus's back pockets. He's able to avoid the furniture with preternatural ease, of course, and he only pulls his mouth away from Marcus's in order to properly take in the room this way. Had he known?

He dislikes it when the shine plays to hindsight, but he loves the room this way too, sparing a glance to the greenery in all its hues under the sinking sun.

could be home

He turns to see one of the very best problems he's ever had the pleasure of solving; his fingers are a bit more stable, so that it doesn't take long at all to get those buttons undone.