Whole Again - poly!feral boys (DreamSMP)

sixteen

"Do you see him? Do you see him?", I ask, basically jumping up and down.

"Is that him? No! Where is he?", Sapnap matches my energy.

Karl's flying in today, and we're both probably way too excited.

George flies in in four days, and we're just as excited to see him too.

Poor Alex has two weeks left.

"Okay you two. Settle.", Clay chides us.

He's like our dad at this point.

"Miss me?", I can hear the smile on his face before I even turn around.

"Karl!", I gasp, immediately flying into his arms.

"Hi, baby.", he smiles softly, tightening his grip on me.

"Okay, you. It's my turn.", Sap pries me off of Karl before wrapping him in a hug.

Clay and Karl exchange hugs too before we start making our way out to the car.

"How was your trip?", Clay asks him when we're all seated.

Sap pushes the gear shift, beginning to drive us all home.

Karl starts excitedly explaining his trip, hands flying everywhere.

I giggle as I dodge one of his hands.

He apologizes immediately, planting apology kisses all over my face.

I squeal as I try to pull away from him.

"How's it been at home?", he asks us.

"Surprisingly still loud.", I joke, making Clay and Sapnap shoot me dirty looks.

Karl laughs too.

"Do you guys want to stream when we get home?", Sap brings up.

A flash of loneliness hits me.

Karl just got home, and they're going to be in their offices for a few hours now.

I can't even go cuddle with Karl because I know he's going to have his face cam on.

Karl must've felt me stiffen up.

"Uh, I might start unpacking and stuff. I'm kinda tired from the flight.", he stretches, making his point as a large yawn comes out of his mouth.

"I'll stream with you. We could text George or something.", Clay shrugs, quickly coming up with a solution.

Sapnap nods.

The rest of the drive is silent, Karl fighting sleep the entire way.

"Home sweet home.", he mumbles when we pull into the driveway.

I help him carry in his bags, Sap and Clay holding doors open for us.

"Well, we're glad you're home.", Clay comments, kissing Karl's forehead before leaving the bedroom.

Sap gives him a kiss and a quick hug before disappearing also.

"Wanna take a nap?", I offer Karl.

He nods with another yawn.

"Let's get changed first.", I gently tug on his shirt.

"I'm not in the mood for that.", he yawns, almost whining at me.

Sleepy Karl is such a funny version of Karl.

"No, bubs. You're in jeans and a sweater. How about sweats?", I ask, digging through his part of one of the dressers.

He pouts when I hand him the black pair of sweats.

"C'mon bubs. You'll feel better.", I urge him.

While he takes the longest time ever to change, I change into one of his sweatshirts and stay in Alex's sweats.

"Can we sleep now?", he mumbles, taking my hand.

"Okay.", I giggle, letting him pull me into the bed.

I lay down first.

He cuddles into my side, his head resting on my chest while his arms wrap around my waist.

I use one hand to play with his hair, gently running my hand through his hair.

"Can you talk about something?", he mumbles.

"Anything specific?", I hum softly, twirling a longer piece of hair between two of my fingers.

"No. Just wanna hear your voice.", his voice is muffled, but it still makes my heart melt.

"I had this letter for work today that was from a US soldier overseas in France during World War II. He wrote this super long letter that basically outlined their relationship and talked about his future goals when he got home.", I start explaining the cute letter I had as Karl's eyes slowly start to close.

I continue explaining little details, just to have something to continue talking about.

When I finally hear Karl's soft snores, I stop talking and focus on playing with his hair.

Twirling his curls between my fingers while gently massaging his head, I smile contentedly as I look at him.

He looks so perfect.

Using my free hand, I open Clay's stream, lowering the volume to the lowest possible setting.

I'm so happy we're finally getting back to all of us being together.

Karl lets out a little groan and tightens his grip around my waist.

I hiss a little bit at how tight he's holding, but I carefully readjust to make it more comfortable.

Hey, beautiful. You okay?

I smile softly at Sap's text.

Karl's going to break my ribs soon, but yes lol.

Soft footsteps catch my attention as they approach the door.

Sapnap gives me a happy smile, snapping a picture with his phone.

I let out a quiet huff at his actions.

"Aren't you supposed to be streaming with Clay?", I ask him as he sits next to me on the bed.

One of his hands involuntarily lands on my thigh, his thumb rubbing small circles.

"Him and George were being him and George, so I thought I'd come check up on you two.", he shrugs, giggling as Karl squeezes again.

"I don't know what he's dreaming about, but it hurts.", I laugh, finding it harder to breathe.

"Want him off?", Sap's eyes glow with a sense of protectiveness.

"It's okay. If I needed up, I'd wake him.", I gently pat his hand that is still resting on my thigh.

"You're such a liar. You wouldn't wake him up even if he squeezed you until you couldn't breathe.", well. He's right.

I shake my head as I try to deny his accusation.

He chuckles under his breath because he knows I'm an awful liar.

Shuffling closer on the bed, he cuddles up to my side.

"Don't you have to go back?", I joke, turning my head slightly to try to glimpse at Sap's expression.

"Shh.", he replies, resting his head on the pillow and maneuvering me until I'm situated in his arms, Karl still peacefully sleeping.

I roll my eyes at him, but I snuggle deeper into his hold.

"Goodnight, sunshine.", he whispers, a light kiss pressed to my temple.

"Goodnight.", I whisper back before quickly settling to sleep.