"(F/n), wake up." A voice said, as a hand shook your shoulder. "I have to go to work." You groaned, cracking open an eye. Your American husband grinned at the sight of your (e/c) eyes as he leaned over your side of the bed to get a better look at you. "Good morning sleeping beauty. Your hero needs to go to work early so I'll be leaving now." You wrapped your arms around his neck and pulled him down for a hug.
"Now?" You mumbled. "It's too early."
"Not for a hero babe." Alfred grinned, placing a kiss on your cheek before prying your arms off of his neck. "Don't be afraid to text me, 'kay? I'll totally answer you 'cause it's not very heroic for a hero to not answer a lady in distress."
" 'Mkay." You muttered, still groggy with sleep as he let you lie down again. "Change the alarm clock so that it sets for 6:10."
"Dude, it's already 6:30." Alfred said, sounding confused. You shot up, eyes widening as you threw the covers off. You let out a colourful string of curses as you ran to your closet.
"You didn't think to wake me up earlier?" You asked as you grabbed some clothing and ran towards the bathroom. Alfred leaned against the open door of the washroom.
"I did, but you said to let you sleep." He grinned and you groaned.
"Alfred! You know I mutter nonsense when I first wake up." You huffed, grabbing a toothbrush and some toothpaste and began to brush your teeth.
"Well you slept late last night at 2:00." Alfred reminded you. "I went to get us some coffee to help us stay up longer and when I came back you were already asleep." You rinsed your mouth and gargled before spitting it out and washing your toothbrush off.
"If I was already asleep at 2:00 then what time did you sleep?" You asked, brandishing your toothbrush like a sword. "Also why in the world do you have to go to work now? You don't usually go to work until 7 or 7:30."
"That's a secret." He grinned.
"For the first question or the second?" You demanded as you put away your toothbrush. Alfred laughed and placed a chaste kiss on your lips.
"Both. I have to go before I'm late, I'm already 5 minutes behind schedule."
"No way. Alfred F. Jones is following a schedule?" You teased before noting that he was not wearing his bomber jacket. "Where's your bomber jacket?"
"Oh, my boss decided that I should drop the jacket for today." Alfred said as he tugged at his collar. "I have a meeting with a liaison from Japan today." You smiled.
"Well, okay hero, get going." He nodded and walked out of the room with you following right behind him.
"Have fun at your video meeting." He replied, his sky blue eyes locked with your (e/c) ones. "Be sure to text me after, alright?"
"You need to work Alfred. You're going to have to work later if I text you." You huffed but grinned at him nonetheless. "Plus, you might be in the middle of something important when I text you."
"I'll put my phone on vibrate." Alfred winked. "They won't notice a thing."
"Yeah, unless they see your pocket moving." You smirked before putting your arms around him in a quick hug. "See ya." He leaned down and kissed you on the forehead before leaving. You were slightly surprised that he had been doing that more often than his usual kiss on the lips, but it had been going on for days so you were used to it.
You locked the door behind him and sighed. You quickly took a shower before getting dressed in something formal and going over to your study where all your papers were. Shoot. You stared at the papers that were half-filled. Alfred did say you had fallen asleep in the middle of your paperwork...Your laptop made a noise, signalling that your boss was calling you. You could feel beads of sweat gathering on your forehead. What were you going to tell him?
