Our Love || Karl Jacobs ✔️

-eleven-

The pair arrived home after one long 10 hour drive.

"Are you just staying here?" She asked, finally unlocking her door and walking inside. All the lights were off and it left an eerie feeling in her stomach.

"Yeah, if that's okay." He responded, voice signaling how exhausted he was.

"Yeah, can we just go to sleep?" She asked, yawning as she slipped off her shoes and pulled off her hat.

"Yes please." He said, grabbing her hand and walking up stairs. She was so exhausted she didn't even change before climbing into her bed and pulling Karl with her. He laid his body on top of hers, his head resting in her stomach as she played with his hair. Both fell asleep in that position to wake up in a completely different one the next morning.

"Good morning sleepyhead." Alex said as Karl started to stir the next morning.

"Hi." He said, voice raspy as he shielded his eyes away from the sunlight. "What time's it?"

"It's 11:30." She responded, clicking her phone off and setting it next to her on the bed.

"Okay." He said quietly, turning over into the position he slept in the night prior.

"You okay?" She asked, playing with the boy's hair.

"Mhm, tired." He hummed in response.

"Do you work today?"

"Mm mmm." He hummed, shaking his head softly.

"Okay." She said with a chuckle. She just let him sleep as she admired him. He was utterly adorable and she needed nothing more than this. Just laying in bed, playing with his hair. She knew it meant more than simply platonic actions, it had everything romantic behind it. She just wished she could admit it to herself.

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"Hey Karl, can you get me the milk?" Alex asked, glancing behind her to see Karl at the fridge.

"Here you go." Karl said, setting down the milk and hugging her from behind.

"Thank you." She said, pouring the milk into a measuring cup and dumping it into the pot of mac and cheese.

"That smells good." Karl said, smiling and pecking the girl's cheek. She smiled, face flaming at the small but intimate action.

"I hope it tastes as good."

"It probably will, i mean you can't mess up box mac and cheese."

"It's me were talking about, Kar."

"Exactly, Lex."

Comfortable silence engulfed the pair as they ate. Once they finished, they discarded their bowls in the sink and sat on the couch together.

"Wanna watch youtube?" Karl asked, pulling her body close to his. She nodded, leaning into his body as he grabbed the remote and turned on a random video they were watching a week prior.

"I missed this." She said quietly.

"The video?"

"No, nimrod, you. I missed cuddling with you and being around you."

"Oh, yeah, i missed it too." Karl said, smile on his face as he rubbed his hand up and down her arm.

"How are you okay with waiting, Karl. What if you find someone else?"

"Well, i dont know. I do know, though, that you are genuinely worth the wait."

"Why?"

"If only you could see yourself through my eyes, darling."