It was 3am.
Pete sat in the back-very back-of the van, with a sleeping Patrick by his side. Andy was driving and Joe sat asleep in the passengers seat.
The van rocked and shook, making Patrick whimper oddly every once in a while. Pete, who hadn't slept in 2 day (stupid insomnia), watched intently. Acting as though a sleeping 17 year old was the most fascinating thing ever.
The van swerved to the side, all to suddenly for anyone's liking, sending Patrick slamming into Pete. Pete groaned in pain at the sudden weight on his lap.
It's not that Patrick was very heavy, in fact, if Pete didn't wear such tight, obnoxious shirts, Patrick and Pete would often share clothes. What made Pete be in pain was that, it was 3am, and he hadn't slept in two days. He also had barely gotten out of the van for those days, so his muscles were beyond sore.
It however didn't bother him that his young bandmate had positioned himself subconsciously onto his lap.
Now, Pete sat, unmoving, trying to steady himself (and his tiny bandmate) to keep from jolting around in the van.
The smaller of the two had one leg on each side of Pete, his arms strewn lazily across Pete's torso, and his face pushed into the crook of Pete's neck.
Pete pushed the black baseball cap off of his head, revealing a mess of golden-red hair. This made Patrick shuffle around a little, and dig his face further into Pete's neck.
The smaller one seemed restless in his sleep, constantly squirming and repositioning himself on Pete's lap. It distressed Pete a bit to see the tiny boy uncomfortable, so he resorted to comforting him.
He stroked and petted Patrick hair softly, while quietly cooing at the boy. This made Patrick stop moving so much, and in response, Patrick placed a kiss on Pete's neck.
After several minutes of this process, both boys fell asleep soundly.
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Pete had, of course, woken up first, and was a little surprised to find a sleeping boy resting comfortably on his lap.
His muscles were even more sore, but he felt rested a little bit. He was actually surprised that Patrick sleeping on his lap had made him more comfortable.
After a few minutes, Patrick began to wake up and was a little startled to find himself positioned on the elder boy's lap like a kola. He stretched his neck, yawned, then spoke.
"Do you want me to move?" He said, quietly.
"Of course not, lunchbox." Pete responded genuinely wanting him to stay.
They stayed quiet, staring at each other for quite some time until the truck came to a sudden stop, causing Patrick to fly backwards, into the seat in front of him.
Pete however gripped Patrick's arm tightly, saving him from the possible brain damage that was bound to happen.
Patrick smiled at him, and Pete pulled him back onto his lap again, though they wouldn't even stay sitting for even the next minute. If Pete was being quite honest, he just loved having Patrick this close.
"HEY! EMO AND HIS KOLA! GET UP!" Joe boomed loudly from the front seat.
Patrick began to get off Pete's lap, but Pete kept his grip sturdy. He held Patrick's thighs and picked him up, carrying him outside to the gas station/seven eleven.
Pete even carried Patrick around the store.
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The rest of the day was filled with loud music, and terrible singing along, except for Patrick's singing (even if he was trying to sound terrible, he couldn't)
And now it was 12:30am (approximately) and Patrick yawned. They boys were in the same seats as last night.
When Pete saw Patrick yawn, he patted his lap and pulled Patrick onto to his legs.
"Pete *yawn* what're you doing?"
"Sleeping"
"Oh okay." Patrick responded with another yawn.
Patrick pressed a kiss into Pete neck and fell asleep.
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2005
Pete and Patrick sat in a tour bus. Tour bus. Fall out boy had made it. And now Patrick was yawning and again Pete pulled him onto his lap to sleep. Patrick pressed a kiss into Pete's neck and fell asleep.
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2007
They had just released their new album, infinity on high, and the band sat in the living room of a tour bus. It was 2:46am and Patrick yawned, exhausted from the excitement of releasing an album. Pete pulled Patrick onto his lap, and Patrick placed a kiss into his neck, then fell asleep.
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2008
They had just played a show and then gone to an after party, where, surprisingly neither of the two had drank.
Now they sat in the bus and they were both incredibly sleepy. Patrick could barley keep his eyes open.
Pete pulled Patrick onto his lap. It's no doubt that Patrick wasn't the same size as he was in 2003, but this wouldn't mean Pete would stop Patrick from sitting on his lap.
Patrick placed a kiss on Pete's neck and fell asleep.
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2009
"I can't believe that tomorrow fall out boy isn't going to be a thing." Patrick said sleepily.
This time they weren't in a vehicle, they were in a hotel room. Pete thought for a moment and suddenly pulled Patrick onto his lap, to sleep.
Patrick placed a kiss on Pete's neck and fell asleep.
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2011
A blond Patrick and no longer emo Pete sat on Pete's couch. They had spent the day together, taking Bronx to the boardwalk.
Now they were exhausted.
Pete pulled Patrick onto his lap. Patrick placed a kiss on Pete's neck and fell asleep.
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2013
It was the save rock and roll tour and, man, was Pete happy fall out boy was back. He missed his little lunchbox sleeping on his lap every night.
They had finished up a show in NYC and Patrick was very tired. In fact he fell asleep on the couch in the dressing room.
Pete wrapped Patrick's legs around his waist and carried him to the bus. Then, he sat down on the couch and Patrick instinctively kissed Pete's neck before they both fell asleep.
