Derek checked out the bedroom and bathroom and found a small towel, which he soaked in the lukewarm water. He also made a big mug of hot chocolate for Oliver and grinned satisfactorily after locating Oliver’s medicine bag. He brought them all to the sitting room where he’d rekindled the fire in the hearth. Inwardly Derek was relieved it wasn’t lit when he came down the chimney earlier, yet he loathed the idea of Oliver staying at this freezing place without anyone helping him light the fireplace’ a task Derek didn’t think Oliver was capable of at the moment given his physical woes. When everything was set, Derek knelt before the sofa where Oliver was laid down, and gently rubbed the warm towel over his temple. Minutes later Derek administered the same treatment on the supine man’s cheeks a
