Josh rolled over and let the cool air wash over his body.  The sweat cooled on his skin and his heavy breathing gradually slowed.

"Wow," he said, his voice punctuated with genuine awe.  "That was something else."

The room was dark.  The bedsheets were a tangled mess between Josh's and Liz's legs.  Liz layed motionless on her back, her fierce mane of red hair splayed out underneath her head like blood from a fatal headwound at a grisly crime scene.  Her breathing was soft and mild--the evening's activities had clearly taken more out of Josh than Liz.

"Mmh," she offered, her overwhelming generosity mostly lost on Josh.

"You know, I'm really excited about our fiftieth episode," Josh said, rolling over and propping his head up to look at Liz.  "Everyone is loving the script.  It's gonna be a big deal."

Liz shifted in a calculated way, pivoting so that she faced away from Josh for briefest of moments before she mimicked his position, rolling to her side to face him.  In that instant when she was facing away from him, her eyeballs performed death-defying gymnastic rolls in her head.

"That's great," she said with an absurdly warm smile.

"Yeah, it is, isn't it?"  Josh returned her fake smile with a genuine one and rolled onto his back again.  "Jamie thinks The NewTubers 29th episode is going to  get better numbers, but I keep thinking that, yeah, maybe his show generates more hits, but fifty is a huge milestone--it's gonna be huge.  Plus, people have been really digging this new story arc in Tech Heads and all Jamie has for The NewTubers is a guy named Larry Kindman."

This piqued Liz's attention, albiet begrudgingly.  "Larry Kindman?  As in Kindman099?"

Liz's recognition of the name surprised Josh.  "Really?  C'mon, Liz!"

"Well, he's big on the internet."

"Yeah, obviously he's big if even YOU'VE heard of him."  Liz shot him a look and he conveniently ignored it.  "But I told you about the script, right?"

Liz's eyes did a slightly less death-defying roll and this time did little to hide it from Josh.  "The one for your fiftieth?"

"Yeah."

"What about it?"

"People love it."

"Josh?"

"Yeah, babe?"

"Would you mind NOT talking about work right after we finish fucking?"

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