"Babe? Can you make me some hot chocolate?" the older man's pleading voice rang out, at which the black-haired man got into action and did as asked.
A slender hand held out the cup to the broader man, who accepted it with a smile.
"That's why I love you, sweetie."
The shorter man couldn't manage more than a nod before going back to his room.
It had been going on like this for three months. If the younger one did what his partner asked, he was told that he was loved. If he had no strength or motivation to obey, he always got disappointed or angry looks. At the beginning of their relationship everything was great, it had not yet occurred to the boy with the beanie that the brown-haired one was manipulating him.
Yes, that's what people on the Internet called it. Manipulation. Schlatt manipulated his partner by letting him know that he had to earn his love and didn't get it just like that. As soon as the smaller one became aware of this, he started to think more. He paid more attention to his boyfriend's behavior, analyzed it and quickly realized that everything hinted at manipulation.
He hadn't talked to anyone about it, but his thoughts were getting louder and louder and more and more overwhelming and he began to slowly drown in them, no longer aware of his surroundings and-.
The ringing of his cell phone snapped him out of the spiral he had almost fallen into again. Every day it was the same; he would think too much and eventually not be able to stop. He would doubt himself and think if maybe what his partner was doing was justified; maybe he wasn't worthy of being loved unconditionally?
Shaky fingers tapped the screen's green dot, and a moment later a familiar voice came from the device's speakers.
"Hey Q! How are you?"
Thousands of answers were instantly on the black-haired man's tongue. 'Perfect', 'Alright' or even 'Shitty' wanted to leave his mouth, however, he hesitated. Instead, he let out a soft sigh and closed his eyes for a moment. He decided on the safest answer.
"I'm fine, how 'bout you?"
"I'm great! Sapnap's sitting next to me right now and we were about to go get something to eat, do you want us to take you with us?" the older boy's sweet voice made the beanie-wearing boy relax, his plentiful thoughts quiet for a few seconds.
However, as soon as the question got through to him, they resumed their pacing. 'Too fat' his head screamed, an illusion that seemed to be growing more real to him and was slowly becoming visible; he had been eating little to almost nothing for a few weeks now, his muscles had been degenerating and his bones were slowly becoming more noticeable.
"No, thanks. I'm not hungry," he hesitantly declined, even as his stomach almost protested loudly.
"Too bad... But all right! You up for a movie night later? We were going to watch a horror movie to make Sap shit his pants," the brown-haired man's giggles and the green-eyed man's whining next to him were carried through the cell phone, putting a tentative smile on the black-haired man's delicate lips.
Sapnap had always been extremely jumpy. In the past, Karl and Quackity had often had movie nights together with the youngest, and usually a horror movie would be playing during these to scare the brown-haired man. This always ended up in Sapnap clinging to his two friends and not letting go all night, so they eventually fell asleep in bed together.
However, since Quackity had gotten together with Schlatt, he had hardly had time for movie nights. Mostly, the brown-haired man wanted to spend time with his partner, so that the latter could prove to him that he really loved him, and wasn't just in a relationship with him pretending to.
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Dsmp OS
FanfictionOneshots about the characters from the Dream SMP. None of the characters are mine, I won't write them exactly like they are canonically. I'll change them so they'll fit in the story. Have fun reading!