a soft groan escaped mason's lips as he stretched carefully, eyes blinking open slowly. it was a miserable april day outside, the weather shifting from equally terrible freezing rain to sleet. the sky was a steel gray that warned everyone in scotland to stay inside where it was warm and cozy and that was exactly what mason had done. he'd spent the majority of the day napping on and off on the couch, a comfortable blanket thrown over him as he basked in the heat the roaring fire in the fireplace gave off.
he shifted slightly, smiling when raleigh's dark curls brushed against his jaw. he glanced down and saw that raleigh was still asleep, his face buried in mason's sweater, and a hand resting easily on the opposite shoulder. how they'd both crammed themselves onto the couch was still half a mystery, but not one he was particularly interested in solving. their legs were tangled together, the soft brush of sweatpants keeping them both comfortable. mason reached his hand up slowly, brushing raleigh's hair out of his face gently before curling his fingers in his hair. he scratched idly at raleigh's scalp as he took in the subduded environment of their living room. two of their three dogs were splayed out in the living room, one under the coffee table and the other curled up on the couch opposite them. the fire had burned down to embers, enough to keep them warm and comfortable and mason didn't feel like summoning the energy to restart it.
a soft movement on his chest made mason look down, and a lazy grin took over his face when he saw raleigh's eyelashes fluttering. "hey," he said quietly, voice hoarse from disuse. raleigh lifted his head and pressed a sleepy kiss against mason's mouth, or at least he tried to, missing it and catching the corner. the second attempt landed on the mark and mason smiled into the kiss, lifting the hand that wasn't curled in raleigh's hair and cupping his cheek. "mmm," mason replied, keeping his eyes closed as he leaned his forehead against raleigh's.
"have you been up long?" raleigh asked, making no move to get up or even shift off of mason. instead, his fingers curled around the fabric of his boyfriend's sweater, and he brushed his cheek gently against the shirt.
he shook his head, fingers still curling against raleigh's hair. it brushed against his lips and mason lifted his chin before he talked. "just like ten minutes. the dogs are all sleeping too," mason added and raleigh let out a quiet chuckle, readjusting his position on mason's chest. "hey raleigh," he said a few minutes later and raleigh smiled as he felt his name rumble through mason's chest.
"you know i love you, yeah?" mason asked, pressing a kiss against raleigh's head. his hair smelled good, a soft scent that he couldn't quite pinpoint but it was undeniably raleigh.
raleigh pushed up from his position slightly so he could look at his boyfriend in the face. "yeah of course," he said, shifting above mason before leaning down to press a kiss against mason's lips. "i love you too," he said softly, lips brushing against mason's as he spoke. he shifted slightly, knees pressing into the couch on either side of mason's hips. one hand pushed up under mason's sweater and he smiled in delight at the soft shiver that went through mason at the couch. his lips moved from mason's lips down his jaw.
"we can't fuck on the couch," he protested quietly as raleigh started pushing his sweater up, lips pressing against his abs. "my parents are coming over tomorrow." but despite his words, mason's hands tangled in raleigh's curls.
he looked up and mason couldn't help but grin at how swollen and bruised raleigh's lips looked. "who said we're going to fuck, we were just messing around," raleigh commented, but mason didn't miss the look of disappointment on his face.
mason pulled raleigh back up, wrapping his arms around his torso as he kissed him again. "well you're humping me a lot for someone who just wants to mess around," mason said and raleigh laughed lowly. but he stopped with a soft sigh, clambering off of him. mason sat up a moment later, shifting in his seat before standing up. "i need to take a shower," mason said with a soft grumble. raleigh let out a laugh as his boyfriend moved past him. "a cold shower." the laughter only increased, raleigh reaching over and smacking mason's ass as he passed by him.
