Axel did come in eventually, shutting the door as quietly as he could. Given the lack of lights on and TV going, he was going to guess James was out. Not shocking, he did say he planned to party. Axel knew he should have been home earlier but things just got on top of him and he didn't like where it was taking him emotionally.

He pulled his shirt off and tossed it onto the floor, just deciding not to bring it up the best he could and simply went into the bedroom, crawling into the bed and hoping Hartley didn't want one of his 'talks'.