"Hi," Marcus answers, leaning in for the kiss and letting it linger a touch longer than he might usually in such a public place. It's taken him years to get here, to be comfortable kissing his boyfriend where others can see and he still remembers those first time when Sam had tried to kiss him in public and how deeply rattled he'd felt.

This is so far from those days.

"Good day?" he asks when they part, taking Dan's hand and beginning to lead him toward the boardwalk stairs to take them down onto the sand.