Maybe that's another reason this makes so much sense -- they know, almost better than anyone else in town, what it's like to have everyone you love disappear, one by one. Will wakes up most nights panicking about reaching out and finding Mike gone, about going out into the city and finding Shiro gone. It's always there, in the back of his mind.

So he smiles, accepting the squeeze and motioning Shiro deeper into the house. It's messy -- it's just the two boys living there now. And Marshmallow. And Frodo, the little fluffy pomeranian who is snoozing on the couch.

"Yeah, that's cool. Mike's at work. He has a business." Look at him, so proud of his boyfriend.