A gift for a Queen

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Theodore's POV.

I wake up in Anthony's bed, to a missed call from Charlie. I feel a sense of panic take over my brain and immediately call her back.

"Charlie?" I whisper when she answers.

"Aaron proposed, I was just letting you know that he knows about the baby, and we're in love!" she tells me, making all of my worry disappear. I feel a smile spread across my face, my eyes watering a little.

"I am so freaking happy for you Charlie, I know you've wanted to tell him for awhile now, and I'm so glad you finally had the chance," I say.

"Thank you Teddy Grahams you have no idea how much it means to me to hear you say that," She responds, getting choked up.

"No do not cry, you will make me cry, and I have school tomorrow I will not show up with swollen raccoon eyes," I reprimand.

"I know, I know, I'm going to let you go so you and Anthony can sleep," she says.

"We were, your call woke me up, Ant is still asleep though," I tell her.

"Okay, okay, Goodnight Teddy Grahams, sleep well, and have a good day at school tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow I love you goodnight," Charlie says.

"I love you too Charlie, goodnight, see you tomorrow," I respond before hanging up and laying back down to get more sleep.

"Why did she call?" Anthony mumbles, his face pressed into my shoulder.

"To tell me that Aaron proposed," I respond, "Sorry for waking you," I apologize.

"Its okay, I don't mind, now I can just enjoy cuddling you for a bit before I fall back asleep," he tells me, and I can hear his smile.

"I love you Anthony," I admit, feeling gushy.

"I love you Theodore," he replies.

"Say it in Russian," I demand softly, and I can practically feel his eye roll.

"I love you Theodore," He says bringing his face from my shoulder and presses his mouth to mine in an off center kiss.

"Thank you," I respond, kissing him again before he has the chance to pull away completely.

"If you don't stop we might have sex again," he says as if that's not what I want.

"So?" I reply appalled that he would say that.

"So its midnight and the entire house is asleep and might not be appreciative of us waking them up," He deadpans.

"I know you're right, but I guess that just means we'll have to save time tomorrow by taking a shower together," I compromise.

"You are a devil," Anthony whispers pecking my cheek and laying his head in the crook of my neck.

"I am not," I reply deeply offended, "I am merely attracted to you and want you as physically close to me as possible, whilst also feeling insane amounts of pleasure," I correct.

"Okay, and I merely want to enjoy having my boyfriend under me in a completly unsexual way," Anthony says pressing a soft kiss to my neck.

"Fine we'll just go to sleep," I give in.

"Thank you, I love you," he says pecking my neck one last time before we finally sleep.

When I wake up in the morning Anthony is completely over me, dead asleep and his alarm is going off. I sigh and attempt to shake him off of me before ultimately giving up and just waiting for him to wake up to the sound of his own alarm.

"Teddy?" his tired voice asks after the alarm shut itself off.

"Your alarm went off, I tried to wake you, it clearly didn't work," I comment teasingly.

"Sorry," he replies sheepishly before he rolls off of me, "Ready for that shower you promised me?" he asks.

"Yeah are you?" I respond getting off the bed, "No, uhm, y'know, but we can do other things," I say my voice small.

"Gotcha, make sure to tell yourself that," he says winking at me.

"Shut up," I say, my cheeks flaming.

We gather our things for our shower before we tumble into the bathroom, Anthony turning the water on, and I start brushing my teeth with the toothbrush Ant got me. I prepare his for him and he soon joins me by the sink brushing his own teeth. Once we're done and once the water is hot enough we hop in and begin washing ourselves, and each other. There's a little touching, despite our best efforts (not very good ones but still they were there). After our shower we head downstairs where Viktoria has prepared breakfast for everyone.

"Thank you mama, you look beautiful today," Anthony says something to his mother and she responds, looking grateful. "Mama told us to eat and make sure to wake my siblings up," Ant tells me grabbing us plates and setting them at the table.

"Do your siblings know you're dating someone, let alone that I'm a guy?" I ask wanting to make sure.

"Oh yeah, they know, trust me," Anthony assures, making me curious.

"What do you mean by that?" I ask, ready to either laugh or become very embarrassed.

"That week and few days where you weren't talking to me I may or may not have cried in the living room full of my family to my mama," Ant admits his cheeks red.

"I'm sorry, I should have said something, I was just embarrassed and I didn't take into account that you were probably feeling the same, but worse," I say.

"You are forgiven, you had to protect yourself, and I understand that entirely, now," he states grasping my hand.

I hear an angry sounding shout from Viktoria, Ant responds sounding a tad annoyed.

"Mama says we have to eat or we'll be late," Ant grumbles rolling his eyes.

I check the time on my phone and agree with Viktoria and begin eating my food. After we finish our food Ant takes our plates setting them in the dishwasher before I head to gather my things for school while he wakes his siblings up. I hear feet pounding down the stairs a shout and then laughing. Concerned I poke my head into the stairwell and I see Ant with one of his little sisters on his back laughing with him. The sight reminds me of Charlie and I and it makes me smile a wide smile. I can tell that she says something to Anthony and he points at me, and says what I've come to learn is my name in Russian so I perk up.

"Hi Theo! I'm Katya!" she exclaims hopping off of her brother and bouncing over to me.

"Hi Katya its nice to meet you," I respond smiling at her.

"Are you dating my brother?" She asks, which makes me feel a bit shy.

"I am, he's a very good person, you're lucky to have him as a brother," I tell her. Watching a smile bloom on her face.

"I'm so glad Anthony has someone! And you're perfect! Please, please stay with him!" she tells me.

"That's the plan Katya, I'm going to be here so long you're going to get sick of me," I tell her nodding, her eyes light up and she pulls me into a big hug.

"Yay!" she exclaims, then she whirls around and points at Anthony, "You better not fuck this up, he is perfect," she states, kind of scarily, and then she just skips away.

"I won't fuck anything up, you have my word Katya, go be scary somewhere else Theo and I have to get to school," Anthony says in mock surrender.

He turns his attention to me as if saying ready to go? I nod and we head out of the Novikov house.

Sorry its late, slipped my mind. Anyways two more to go.