[cooper/todd] “You’re so cute when you’re half asleep like this..”
With his knees to his chest, curledinto a ball on the corner of the couch, using the armrest as apillow, Todd lazily lifted a hand, waving it vaguely in Cooper'sdirection.
“I'm nothalf asleep,” he groaned, his words slurred as his eyelidsfluttered shut once more.
Okay,so maybe he was kindasleepy. He and Coop had been comfortably settled on the couch allevening, watching movie marathons and eating all the free pizza Toddhad to offer, and it had been amazing.In fact, his current good mood was also to blame for why he was sohopelessly pretending to be wide awake, when all his body wanted todo was sleep. But if he sleptthen he'd be unconscious – duh– and then he'd miss out on valuable time spent with Cooper, andthe opportunity didn't arise as often as he'd like.
Shiftinghis weight and lifting himself into a semi-upright position, hestifled a yawn with the back of his hand, before feeling his headinvoluntarily droop until it was resting on Cooper's shoulder.Jolting himself upright, blinking sleep away from his eyes, heblushed, before shooting his friend an apologetic smile. Damnthose traitorous limbs. The last thing he wanted to do was to makeCooper uncomfortable, or something.
“Heh,okay, so maybe I am alittle sleepy,” he muttered, as he shuddered out another yawn.Clearing his throat awkwardly and trying his best to ignore hismomentary slip up, he ran a quick hand over his face, willinghimself to stay awake, before jumping up off of the sofa and decidingthat coffee was the way forward. Sure, that'll do it!
Justas he had been all too ready to spin on his heels and head towardsthe kitchen, he froze, his brain finallyplaying catch up with the rest of the universe. Turning his headslowly to look at Cooper, the cogs in his brain spinning wildly, heblinked before allowing a wide, toothy grin to take over hisfeatures.
“Didyou just say I looked cute?”he asked, his mouth agape with pure, unadulterated joy. There reallywas no way of disguising just how happy that made him, and he wassure he'd regret such an open display of affection soon enough, butCooper didn't lookupset, and Todd felt as though his whole entire body was buzzing.
Unthinkingly,he stooped down, resting a palm on the arm of the chair so as to leaninto Cooper, before gently pressing a soft kiss to the other boy'snose, giggling all the while. Then, pulling away, his face flushed analmighty red, his ears burning all the while, he bit down on hislower lip so as to try and hide the smile that threatened to reallybetray him. His face was already the colour of Anna's hair, he didn'tneed Cooper to know he was completely devoid of some chill.
Ofcourse, the facade was soon lost when he spun on his heels, a bouncein his step as he headed towards the kitchen, excitedly muttering “hethinks i'm cute”, under hisbreath.