"I could go to sleep like this." And he could - between the warmth and the sensations and the water and the love, he was more relaxed than he had been in...

Well. Since he could remember, even in his spotty memory.

He didn't even realise his arm was about to vent heat until it did it, and he had to move his hand away from Steve until the panels slid shut again.

"...And there's reality coming back again."