the arc of our awakening (гет)

"This defies plausibility," Rafael says aloud after hanging up on the last hotel. It's almost ten. He's loopy on Vicodin and denial. There are no rooms left.
Or: after an aborted attempt at finally facing their feelings for each other, Rafael and Olivia get stuck sharing a bed.
 
Title from “Any Available Surface” by the Mountain Goats.
 
{Trope: bed-sharing.}