It'd been a long day. A long year. A long life. Simply put, Ethan was exhausted, and only expected to come back home to do even more exhausting things, like taking care of a cranky baby or cooking and cleaning so his partner could take care of the cranky baby.

Except when he walked in the door after a cold, dark walk that was supposed to clear his head (but only served to feed his recently awful paranoia), he found his partner greeting him with a bright grin and helping him out of his snowy coat, saying something about Rose already being fed and fast asleep, and was that last thing about a bath? It was hard to process, the words flew so fast. The excitement was a little endearing, he had to admit.

"Woah, what? What're you talking about?" he asked with a little chuckle in his voice, and listening carefully when everything was better explained. A nice warm bath had already been drawn for him and there were plans for a movie night with hopefully no interruptions. Just the two of them spending some much needed quality time together, with some spoiling focused on Ethan, of course.

Ethan stared at his partner in awe and disbelief. It'd been ages since he'd gotten treatment like that. "I... Wow, thanks. That sounds wonderful, dear. Guess I should go take that bath before it gets cold, huh? Then we can get started on the movies. Thank you again." He gave his partner a parting kiss on the cheek and left for the bathroom.

And what a wonder that bath did for him. A beautiful atmosphere was set up and the warmth and scent of lavender helped him relax significantly. Afterwords, he entered the living room with a warm smile on his face and joined his partner on the couch, resting an arm around the other's shoulder.

"That bath was so nice, hun. I feel so much better. Though, I was wondering, what was all of this for? It's so out of the blue," he asked, tilting his head curiously.