A few weeks later...

[stormybrendan]

It was a few weeks after they'd returned from the two night stay at "Whispering Pines" and Brendan was sitting on the terrace enjoying a cup of tea as he glanced through the soccer results in the paper. It had been a while since he'd bothered looking at them, and he had no idea what made him even start again. He put the mug down on the metal

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[patrick_koster]

Whenever he woke up to find Brendan not there anymore, Patrick always felt a little lost, yet when he managed to blink his eyes open and squinted at the alarm clock it made sense; it was close to noon already. He pushed the covers to the side and rolled out of bed and, after a quick visit to the bathroom, put on a pair of old worn out jeans before walking into the living room. Spotting Brendan on the terrace, Patrick headed out there himself, sliding his arms around the man's neck and, with a quick glance at the newspaper, kissed him on the cheek. "Any chance of talking you into coming back to bed?" he asked quietly.

[stormybrendan]

"So sleeping beauty's finally awoken!" Brendan grinned and looked up at Patrick, then huffed a laugh at his question. "Might be. Depend on what y' have in mind?"

[patrick_koster]

"I had sleep in mind, really," Patrick confessed with a soft chuckle. "But if you give me a minute to, well, wake up properly I reckon I could come up with something a little more tempting than that."

[stormybrendan]

Brendan slung his arm around Patrick's waist, hand resting on his hip as he drew Patrick's hip to his shoulder. "Well, I guess I could be tempted."

[patrick_koster]

"And what if I'd still think I looked awfully close to a dork even though you'd think it was the hottest thing you ever saw?" Patrick asked, the hint of a smile playing on his lips. "How were you planning on fixing that, mate?"

[stormybrendan]

He shrugged lightly, hiding the smirk. "Dunno, though at least I'd not have t' worry 'bout you being picked up by some hot young stud, then, would I?"

[patrick_koster]

Patrick grinned. "I don't know - if I'd be the only one not seeing how hot I truly am then I reckon you ought to worry about that quite a bit actually."

[stormybrendan]

"Who says I don't already?" Brendan replied nonchalantly, lifting up the newspaper and starting to read it again, or at least give the impression it was absorbing his attention.

[patrick_koster]

Patrick woke up little more than an hour later, spending the first few minutes listening to the steady sound of Brendan's breathing, before he eventually rolled onto his other side, pressing a small kiss to Brendan's cheek and snuggling close as he waited for the other man to wake up as well.

ooc: Good point. Patrick has tons more things he wants to talk about. Poor Brendan. ;)

*rushes off, waving*

[stormybrendan]

Brendan lay there, awake, but too comfortably relaxed to move. He knew Patrick was awake and enjoyed the feeling of the man snugging up against him. He slowly rolled his head toward him and started to drag his eyes open.

[patrick_koster]

"Hey," Patrick whispered once his sleepy mind processed the fact that Brendan was in fact awake. That didn't stop him from inching closer and slipping his arm around the man. "I'm fairly sure there are things I need to be doing today - " he mumbled after a moment's silence. "Don't particularly feel like it though."

[stormybrendan]

"I think I know what you mean," Brendan replied, folding him arm around Patrick's shoulders and giving him a squeeze as he rolled his head back to look at the bedside clock. "Gotta go in tonight, though," he added, seeing there was still no real need to rush.