Tonight
So there was another birthday a bit back, that I didn't manage to upload anything for. Dani, I'm sorry you had to wait. You're amazing and so I wanted to make you something :)
I hope you like it and happy belated birthday again, @unadulteratedpaperparadise!
Thank you for beta-ing @moonofthenight
Characters by @lumosinlove
Sitting on the couch, Alex waited patiently for his partners to return. They had left to get some eyeliner before Remus and Sirius’ wedding, since someone had insisted black would not match Kasey’s blazer. Which left him here, rewatching his favorite ‘How I Met Your Mother’ episode ‘The Pineapple Incident'.
He heard a key in the lock and turned off the TV, standing up just as Natalie and Kasey opened the door. As soon as they set foot over the doorstep Alex had his arms wrapped around their waists, nearly sending the bag in Kasey’s hand to the floor.
Natalie chuckled, “Seems like we got a dog after all,” she said before tilting her head up and placing a kiss on Alex’s cheek. She took the bag from Kasey and wandered off into the direction of their bathroom.
The older boy’s arms had never left Kasey’s waist, holding him tight and littering the blonde’s face with kisses. “You know, I was going to defend you, babe, about the whole dog thing,” Kasey snorted before tilting his head to lock lips with the shorter, “but you’re practically licking my face, so I’m not sure I will.”
Alex had his puppy eyes mastered though, which didn’t necessarily help him in the process of being perceived less like a dog, but definitely played for him when trying to get someone onto his side. He saw that it worked as Kasey nearly melted into a puddle right in front of him, but shaking out of his state a second after.
“Don’t use that against me. I can’t help myself when you look at me like that and you know it.”
Alex’s eyes turned from almost watery-sad - honestly how did he do that?! - to mischievous in a second, tilting his head and asking, “And what are you going to do about it, love?”
Both of them knew Kasey was defenceless against his boyfriend, but still, one could try, so he put on his goalie face and answered, “Believe me, you don’t want to find out.”
With a deadpan expression that made a smile break straight through the taller one’s mask, Alex just chuckled into Kasey’s shoulder. With a fake offended expression, the blonde looked from his boyfriend to Natalie who had just come back into the living room.
She laughed, probably knowing exactly what had happened.
“Imagine being afraid of you, babe.”
Kasey turned back to Alex, the frown still on his lips. Instead of comfort or an apology, the man still snuggled into his shoulder added a smug, “You see?”
Before Kasey had even begun to complain about his ungrateful partners for his effort, or anything like that a spark had lit in Natalie’s eyes. No one had any time to question that either because she just walked forward taking Alex free hand dramatically, “I see only you.”
After a few seconds of hesitance Alex registered what was going on. Their girlfriend was still holding his hand waiting for a reply.
The red head took a breath and let it out with a chuckle, “Oh, Natalie. See only me.” Kasey groaned as Alex detached himself from his boyfriend and walked into the middle of the room where he was being pulled by Natalie. Kasey decided to go to the bathroom, to try out the new things they had bought, but as he heard his girlfriend's soft voice he froze in his tracks.
"Only you, you're the only thing I'll see forever; In my eyes in my words and in everything I do; Nothing else but you; Ever" her singing echoed through their apartment and looking at Alex, the blonde apparently wasn't the only one whose knees got weak upon hearing that.
While Kasey chose to sit down to deal with that problem, blazing up dreamily at his girlfriend, hoping she'd continue, Alex took a different approach.
The gears in his brain could almost be seen clicking into place before, "And there's nothing for me but Natalie-a; Every sight that I see is Natalie-a"
And if Kasey was fine before, able to think for himself, now he wasn't. It was overwhelming in the best way and he never wanted it to stop. He'd heard Nat sing before, even that song since it's one of her favourites, but hearing Alex sing alongside her was an out-of-this-world feeling. Everything about them was perfect. The way their voices sounded together, the way they fit together so perfectly. He had never doubted they weren't meant to be, but this was proof. It had to be. Since the first moment Nat and Kasey had met, she'd been saying how cool it would be to sing this as a duet with someone. She had never expected Kasey to, they both knew he didn't like singing, but he could see the loving spark in her eyes as with every line of the song, she fell more in love with the red head. Who could blame her, honestly.
Alex had never properly sung for them, only hummed songs while cleaning. But right now, he sang with such ease, knowing almost all the lyrics, and it seemed like he didn't even try.
Alex knew no one would judge him for his singing voice and Kasey could hear the feeling of just letting go and singing without thinking about how it sounds just about how it feels in his boyfriend's voice. He loved it more than anything.
Kasey didn't sing, but he liked listening; to get to experience how talented his lovers really are, to feel the music flow through him as he was filled up with love until he could do nothing more but stare. He didn't even realise they had sung through the whole song, with only minor swallowed lyrics on Alex part, until he snapped out of his dream like daze and heard the last note of the song echo through their apartment. They were both smiling at each other and then turned to him, a bit flushed and he couldn't help bit kiss them both hard.
After they broke the kiss he shot Nat a knowing smile, who was still beaming with joy.
"8 out of 10," she suddenly said, turning both heads back in her direction.
"What?", apparently Alex was just as confused as Kasey.
So, she repeated, "8 out of 10. You have an incredible voice babe and your acting was on point, but the lyrics weren't all there, so this begs for a rewatch," she stated, walking over to their couch, popping down and smiling up at her boyfriends expectantly.
And who were they to deny her her favourite musical after a moment like that.
