By the height of summer, Bud was well enough to exercise in a swimming pool. Corey offered the use of his pool. David had grown used to the scars on Bud’s once magnificent chest, though he would have gladly killed the bastard who had maimed his beautiful lover. But, David realized, there was no point crying over spilt milk. He therefore channeled all his efforts into helping Bud to regain his strength. Though most of the time he had to step in and keep Bud from pushing himself too hard. Bud always wanted to swim that one extra lap, do that one extra sit up. For the most part David got Bud to work within his limits, and whenever Bud threatened to go too far beyond them, all David had to do was threaten him with another talk from Peter.
It became their usual custom to swim, then spend a co
