Anniversary
Sep. 13th, 2013 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
notthatcrazyIt's early, and the sun is just starting to filter in through the blinds as he wakes. He's always been something of a morning person, when he sleeps at all, and though he's gotten better at resting during the night he still has his morning routines.
Leaving Face to sleep a while longer, he slips away to the kitchen for breakfast. He briefly takes note of the calendar on the wall, but it's not until he's poured himself a bowl of cereal and settled in for morning cartoons that the significance of the date sinks in.
Ten years. It's been exactly a decade since Mexico. Since his life was immeasurably changed for the better, despite the hardships and roadblocks along the way.
He'll have to mark the occasion with the others later, but right now there's only one place he wants to be. His breakfast finished, he returns to the bedroom, slipping back under the covers next to his still-sleeping partner. Not wanting to wake him, he contents himself with pressing against his back, letting his fingers trace the tattoo on his bicep before coming to rest on his chest. They've come so far, but sometimes he still wishes he could somehow telepathically communicate the depth of everything he feels.
I love you and I won't ever leave you.
He doesn't even realize he's whispered the words out loud until he feels Face stir in his arms.
Leaving Face to sleep a while longer, he slips away to the kitchen for breakfast. He briefly takes note of the calendar on the wall, but it's not until he's poured himself a bowl of cereal and settled in for morning cartoons that the significance of the date sinks in.
Ten years. It's been exactly a decade since Mexico. Since his life was immeasurably changed for the better, despite the hardships and roadblocks along the way.
He'll have to mark the occasion with the others later, but right now there's only one place he wants to be. His breakfast finished, he returns to the bedroom, slipping back under the covers next to his still-sleeping partner. Not wanting to wake him, he contents himself with pressing against his back, letting his fingers trace the tattoo on his bicep before coming to rest on his chest. They've come so far, but sometimes he still wishes he could somehow telepathically communicate the depth of everything he feels.
I love you and I won't ever leave you.
He doesn't even realize he's whispered the words out loud until he feels Face stir in his arms.
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Date: 2013-12-01 04:50 am (UTC)"We should stay in today. That'd be nice."
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Date: 2013-12-01 05:36 am (UTC)He curls up against him like it's the only place he wants to be in the world. Which is pretty much the case at the moment.
"You know if Hannibal's got anything planned?"
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Date: 2013-12-01 05:37 pm (UTC)"He's been quiet the last couple days, you know what that means."
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Date: 2013-12-01 08:50 pm (UTC)"I'm not getting up 'til someone makes us."
Cue stubborn pout.
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Date: 2013-12-02 04:19 am (UTC)Not to mention that he's a sticky mess that smells like chocolate... and needs a shower.
"I think I'm gonna have to play the bad guy here and make us."
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Date: 2013-12-02 04:32 am (UTC)"Fine... but you're comin' in with me."
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Date: 2013-12-02 06:37 am (UTC)And if the sounds coming from the next room are any indication they won't have long enough for round two or separate showers.
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Date: 2013-12-02 07:31 am (UTC)He sits up reluctantly, leaving one last kiss on his shoulder.
"Better get a move on."
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Date: 2013-12-02 07:47 am (UTC)"Love you babe," he murmurs against his lips, holding him close. "Happy anniversary."
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Date: 2013-12-02 08:03 am (UTC)He's quiet for a while, enjoying the moment while he can before reality intrudes.