"You have super sensitive hearing."
"Add that to your general attitude- "
"I am NOT a golden retriever!"
Nico smiled, slow and shark-like, at Will's annoyance. Maybe it was mean of him to tease, but who could fault him when his boyfriend's pout was that damn cute?
"One time, I threw a stick and told you to fetch it. And you did."
Will's face flamed a very pretty shade of scarlet. He spluttered.
"I was! That was! That was for the bit, and you know it, di Angelo!"
Nico tried really really hard not to dissolve into hysterics. He did, swearsies. Only, Will's hands had started flailing wildly the way he did when he was agitated and his cheeks were still on fire. Nico cackled, clutching his stomach as the love of his life turned, impossibly, even redder.
"Hey, stop that! Nico, i am not a golden retriever!"
Will stomped his foot. Like, actually, genuinely, stomped his foot, a lá toddler in a grocery store.
Nico howled. Collapsing onto the grass of their postage-stamp backyard, he rocked to and fro in the throes of his laughter. At one point, he could have sworn he blacked out. When he came to, the golden afternoon sun was blocked by an equally golden (and maybe still a little bit red) Will Solace.
Nico twisted his head on the grass to face his definitely-not-golden-retriever boyfriend as he knelt down beside him. He was still pouting, and Nico wanted to melt, it was so adorable.
"Are you done?" Will scowled, but the effect was rather ruined by the way his sky-mirror eyes sparkled as he looked down. Nico often thought that he would feel much guiltier for teasing, were Will not so poor at hiding his own amusement.
"Almost," Nico smirked. Quick as a thief, he reached up and yanked at one of the brown, freckled wrists balanced on Will's knee, using it to tug him off balance. He yelped, and immediately went sprawling, because when did he do anything with less dramaticism than a Shakespeare tragedy?
"Oof." He huffed, from where he was lying full-length across Nico's body.
"Gods, you even lie like a golden retriever," Nico snickered. He patted his boyfriend's dandelion-fluff curls and briefly considered how cute Will would look with tiny braids in it. The boyfriend in question turned his head so that his cheek was smooshed against Nico's arm, and squinted at him with a mixture of indignance and confusion.
"How does one lie like a golden retriever?" He inquired.
"One. Next, you'll be using the royal we."
"No, no, answer the question, sweetheart." Will nudged him.
"Well, haven't you ever sat on a couch with a golden retriever? They just drape over you like a deadweight. It's both adorable and often inconvenient. Like you!" Nico grinned down at the mess of blond.
"You think I'm an inconvenience?" Will gasped in mock hurt. "You wound me, my love."
"Oh, tesoro," Nico murmured, pulling them both up to sit cross-legged, knee to knee. "My favourite inconvenience."
Nico looked up into the other man's face, cavern-brown locking onto shifting cerulean. Will leaned forward, seemingly unconsciously, as if pulled by gravity. His freckles disappeared into the crinkles of his smile.
"Oh, your favourite." His voice was comfy with amusement. "That's alright then."
Will smelt like sunscreen, and freshly cut grass, and the antibacterial soap from next to their kitchen sink. His guitar-scarred fingers were rough and steady on Nico's wrist. The Son of Hades, Ghost King, Scourge of wayward spirits, swallowed like a nervous teenager and tried very hard to pull his gaze away from where Will's tongue was poking through his slightly crooked teeth.
"Mhm." Nico didn't even bother attempting coherency. It flew out the window so quickly when Will was around anyway. Their noses brushed. Will laughed, bright and clear, and Nico could almost taste the joy on the roof of his mouth.
Then, Will's lips were pressed against his, and he really could taste the joy.
Eventually, smiling too wide for kissing, Nico headbutted his boyfriend softly.
"For the record, I won that debate."
Will hummed thoughtfully.
"What were we debating again?"
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