Espresseleine Week 2022 Shots

Day 1: Indoors / Outdoors

Indoors

Summary: Basically just cliche couch cuddle session that turns into kissies because im really fucking unoriginal. I present to you the Espresseleine smooches you all have been begging for (looking directly at you beaawhore fuck you)

idk i probably completely misinterpreted the prompt because im a gigantic dumbass but here you go

~

Espresso was knees deep into his work, piles of papers and books strewn everywhere along with a large board with numerous equations scribbled messily with a red marker as if he'd fallen asleep while writing them. His handwriting was like chicken scratch, something that could easily get him a position in medical service. Of course, there was the normal nose-scrunching stench of bitter coffee wafting through the air, clouding the room since his laboratory's windows were jammed shut and covered with thick maroon coloured curtains. Thus allowing no sunlight whatsoever, the only source of light the mage allowed was his dull desk lamp which occasionally buzzed and hummed with its grand age.

As he adjusted his light beige glasses and routinely sipped on his warm cup of coffee, he swore he heard the faint sound of a door unlocking and clicking open. The steam emitting from the beverage fogged up his glasses, causing the brunette to huff in annoyance and reach up to wipe them, distracting him enough to not notice the thundering footsteps gaining proximity with his lab, and the door being pushed open roughly.

Well, maybe he did notice his door open, as the mage jumped in surprise, standing from his office chair and summoning a single flaming coffee bean to serve as a warning towards whoever had broken into his home. His gaze immediately softened and the coffee bean dissipated into thin air upon seeing it was only Madeleine, his annoying puppy dog of a boyfriend. A dog, in the most affectionate way possible, since the paladin had first taken the title as an offence. Espresso, being the one who actually thinks in their relationship, had to calmly explain to the big oaf that the reason he'd called him a puppy was because Madeleine quite literally would not leave him alone. Always wanting his attention and such. It was tiring, but he wasn't going to complain.

Espresso sighed heavily, standing straight and dusting himself off, "You're home early. I told you to knock."

"I got off patrolling early today!" Madeleine grinned, completely ignoring his second statement. Even without the sun, the paladin shone as brightly as ever, whether it be because of his glimmering armour, golden hair, or as he says so himself, his incredibly good looks.

Espresso used to hate brightness, due to his sensitive eyes. Which is mainly why he despised Light Magic for most of his life. But after meeting Madeleine and practically seeing him everyday, he embraced his light with the most endearing smile.

Still, those around him would comment on how the mage was almost entirely nocturnal, awake throughout the unholiest hours of the night and either still cooped up in his lab, or working in the Parfaedia Institute by day. There was no in between.

That is, until the Divine's righteous paladin came along and screwed with his normally perfect and precise schedule. Again, he wasn't complaining. Though he would never admit it, his life had really turned a whole 360 as soon as he began to nag him to get more sleep and all that ridiculous banter. Perhaps it was the fact that the paladin cared so much about the lonely little mage that made him fall so deeply in love with him.

Espresso stepped around his piles of books carefully until he reached the door, standing in front of Madeleine and tilting his head up to cater towards their significant height difference. Hey, it wasn't his fault he was stuck with the short genes.

The mage leaned upwards to peck him softly on the lips, the paladin letting out a surprised squeak. Every single one of his kisses still seemed to give him the same butterflies in his stomach and made him flustered beyond compare, it was impressive how often Espresso could catch him off guard like this. It was almost like he'd turned it into a game.