Late Numbers - Steven x Wallace

Late numbers

It's late. The stars are out, the moon shines bright and most people are already asleep. Steven Stone would also like to lay in bed, but he can't. He has to take care of the bookkeeping. The numbers are due tomorrow and he – as always – spent his time with something more fun.

"Still filling in those numbers?"
Wallace, who was sitting on the couch in the next room, came over to Steven. He sighs out of exhaustion.
"Yes, it's quite a lot, this time."
Steven rubs a hand over his face, regretting not having done this sooner. He looks at his boyfriend, who clearly is also very tired, even though he tries his best not to show it.
"It's really late, Wallace," he then says, as he lays a hand on one of Wallace's, who hugged him from behind, "You should better go to bed, I'll join you when I am done here."
He also would have preferred if they could go to bed together, but Wallace looks so tired and he really has to get this done and it's still so much he has to fill in.

Wallace gives Steven a peck on his cheek, "No, I can wait, it's okay."
He leaves his boyfriend and returns to the couch.

When it's half past 4 am, Wallace has gone to bed two hours ago, and Steven is already on his fifth cup of coffee; his eyes have troubles to stay open, despite all the caffeine he has drank.
It's not that much he has to do, yet he can't deny that the risk of making a mistake is too high now.
He looks at the clock and tries to think about what to do.
His father wants to meet him at 12 pm, so, if he wakes up at 7 or 8, he could still manage to fill in the missing statistics.
Convinced by his plan, Steven turns off his desk lamp and trots to the bathroom to make himself ready for bed. He lays an arm around Wallace. Only dozing, he notices his boyfriend's arms and whispers "Good night, Steven." But Steven is already fast asleep, dreaming about him and Wallace relaxing at a beach, somewhere nice and warm.

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So, I had this idea last night when I, myself, stayed up way too long to work on another fanfic.
I couldn't get it out of my mind, so I wrote it.

I hope you enjoyed it. :)