[July 11, 2008. Will be backdated.]

[Takes place after David and Zachary have dinner with Chris, Sendhil, and Zach. Takes place about the same time that Chris, Sendhil, and Zach, are getting down to business.]

"Zachary!" Kristen pounces upon him the instant he comes through the door with David, arms and legs around his neck and waist, respectively. ( ''David, you brought me a present, you're so sweet.'' )

[July 11, 2008. Will be backdated. Crossposted to zach_quinto]

"Baby? Where's the--AGH!" Chris yelps in horror, then turns (naked) tail and runs back upstairs.

Zachary looks at Zach. "I did not expect to see him naked again so soon," he says. "You should've warned him I'm here."

"You should learn to knock," Zach shoots back at Zachary. "Or call ahead. Maybe if you walk in on enough naked people you'll learn your lesson."

"Looking at him naked is not exactly an unfortunate thing," Zachary says. "I had no idea he's so..." He makes a vague gesture.

"Zachary. Please do not be going with this where I think you're going with this."

( ''You're a lucky guy.'' )

[May 3. Crossposted to zach_quinto]

[Takes place the morning after Zachary gets dropped on Zach's doorstep.]

"Good morning, baby," Chris says. He's been in Zach's kitchen a while, cooking up a storm.

Zach's still looking sleepy and ruffled, turning in a full circle around the kitchen. "You cooked. A lot."

"Zachary's going to need lots and lots of protein," Chris tells him.

"Zachary's going to need a stomach pump and an exorcism... but the protein's a good start," Zach says. ( ''You made breakfast for my previously drunk now very hung over best friend who's probably upstairs drooling on my guest room pillows right now? That's... kind of the sweetest thing ever.'' )

[May 2, 2008. Crossposted to chris_pine]

There is rather a lot of knocking on the door. Chris peers over the edge of The Big Over Easy and looks at Zach. "Who in the world could that be?" he asks.

"It depends... what time is it?" Zach says, not bothering to look up from I Want to Go Home! Maybe they'll go away.

The knocking continues. Chris glances at his watch. "It's ten-thirty." He gets up. "I'll just go look through the peephole." He sticks his finger in his book to mark his place, then a moment later, he calls out, "Uh... Zach?"

"Uh huh?" This time, Zach does look up.

( ''It's Zachary. He's being supported by a tall blond woman and a tall blondish guy.'' )

[February 21. Crossposted to chris_pine]

[Takes place immediately after this]

Zach wags a finger at Zachary, then whips his head around when the doorbell rings.

"You have a visitor," Zachary says, unnecessarily.

"Yes, thank you Zachary, I know what a doorbell means," Zach says, getting up and pointing at him again. "Don't eat my ice cream," he warns, heading for the door, unlocking it and opening it. "Oh shit."

Chris blinks a few times. ( ''Nice to see you, too, baby.'' )

[February 21, 2008. Crossposted to zach_quinto]

[Takes place a few days after Zach and Chris have Kristen over for dinner and actual-not-metaphorical-dessert.]

Zachary bends down to peek in Zach's fridge. "I heard a story the other day," he says, "from a little birdie. A little birdie who talks really fast when she's excited."

"Oh for..." Zach sighs. ( ''Everyone needs to stop giving Kristen tequila already!'' )