Work Before Play

Weekend Before Finals

I woke up in Mark's arms and my head was pounding harder than any hangover I had ever had. I groaned and stumbled my way to the toilet.

I was throwing up my last meal and whiskey when I felt hands pull my hair back. One hand reached down to stroke my naked back.

"Mark, how'd I get home?" I whispered.

"Well, I picked you up. What's the last you remember?" He said quietly, knowing how had my headache was.

"Um... Well..." I said getting red. My fingers traced where I remembered Mark's love bites were.

"Okay, after that amazing moment, I walked you out of the club. By the way, you looked very very sexy. And then I got you seated in my car, which you fell asleep in. Then I carried you to my room, undressed you and tucked you in bed next to me." Mark said kissing my forehead.

"Thank you." Then I threw myself forward and threw up again. "Thanks for taking care of me." I said after groaning from my raw throat.

"I'd do anything for you, Lydia." Mark hugged me from behind. "Want something greasy?"

"Maybe after I sleep some of this off."

"At least have some water." He said compassionately.

Mark left quickly and came back with a large glass of water and two headache pills.

He carried my naked body back to bed and tucked me in after I took the pills.

Mark said he was going to do so videos and left me to sleep off my hangover.

I woke up and remembered I needed to actually do something today. I went from Mark's room to mine to finish  a final project that was due by the end of the week. I set up the spreadsheets and went to work.

After about four hours of just making sure this fake company's finances would stay in the green, I took a break. Going throughout the rooms I grabbed all the dirty clothes and sorted them to be washed. Then I went to the living room. It was an absolute wreck. I cleaned and organized, putting consoles away in their correct spots.

I went back to the project and finalized the results. They were in the red now, losing money. I cut back on some miscellaneous funding to get the fake company in the green again.

I finalized the project again, and they were in the green so I made it ready to turn in to my professor and emailed the final project.

I went back to the laundry room to change out the clothes and then started in the kitchen. I was finishing mopping when Mark came out of his recording room.

His face was redder than his hair. "Hey... Mark... What's up?" I asked hesitant of how mad he was.

"100 Mario Maker Challenge is a piece of shiiiiiit. I can't fucking win anything.  So many Mario's just gone! Just fucking wasted on a prick of a level!" He rambled in fuming rage.

"CHICA!" I called to the sweet golden. Chica came running from her bed to Mark and I. "Daddy's alil mad, why don't you cheer him up for me?" Chica wagged her tail as Mark began to pet her. I walked past the cute scene to finish the laundry, separating from mine and Mark's and Ryan and Matt's. Setting each basket in the guys rooms. I went ahead and hung mine up in my room and Mark's in his.

It had been a long day of housework and school projects so now I was in desperate need of a shower or a bath. I haven't relaxed in a bath in a long time.

I crawled into Mark's shower because his was the biggest and I was already in his room from hanging his clothes up.

I had my head back in a bubble bath when I heard the bathroom door open. "Hey, Lydia." Mark called. "Why my shower?" 
"Because it's the biggest and its a bath, duh."

I opened my eyes to see Mark running out of the room.

"Ohhhkay then." I went back to leaning my head back and listening to my music.

Then Mark came back in, this time with a couple candles and wine and glasses.

"Mark, I'm not in the mood for drinking." I grounded remembering last night.

"It's okay. He poured the red liquid for both of us and scattered the candles about and turned off the light. I vaguely saw him stripping down to nothing. Then Mark slid into the tub across from me.

He handed me a glass, I slowly took a sip of it. Sparkling grape juice. After Mark and I sat across from each other I got an idea in my head. I slid towards him and for myself between his legs and resting the back of my head against his chest.

"Lydia, this is nice. I haven't had a bath in a long time. Let alone with a stunning beautiful woman laying on me." Mark said sexily.

I just laughed at the ruling coming from his chest as he made that voice. I felt hands come to me shoulders and begin to run them.

"So, what's you do today, Lydia?"

"I cleaned the living room and kitchen, all the laundry- so much laundry, and then finished on of my final projects. So now I only have to study for zoology and then I will be home free for this semester." I moaned a little when Mark began to run deeper. "Man, you should quit YouTube and become a masseuse. You are amazing."

"Aw, well thank you. But I don't know how my subscribers would take that. But, wow you did a lot today!"

"Well, I had to. I have been slacking on my job for you guys so it's least I can do is to get back to the swing of things." I said quietly hike my fingers drifted over the scar on my side.

Mark stopped running my shoulders and pulled my hand away from my scar. He moved me around so I was facing him, straddling his hips. "Hey, listen here. You are beautiful, beyond beautiful. Scars are nothing to be ashamed of, they show you have lived life, a life harder than some but others have it worse. Regardless, I am glad you have the scar, it made me realize I don't know what I would have done without you. If anything, take it as, your scar shows you are loved that people love you, while the one who hurt you might not have loved you, I do." Mark said passionately.

I looked down at his scar on his abdomen. I stroked it softly feeling the upraised smooth skin against the rest of his stomach. "Thank you."

"We never would have said anything as for you feeling that you were slacking. We know you are going through this roller coaster, you deserved the time away from real activities. We just wanted you back to your smiling happy Stiff self." Mark said then followed it with a kiss on my nose.

"I will always keep the name Stiff, won't I?" I chuckled at him.

"Always." He said drawing me in for a kiss.

"Lydia, I have a question that I have been tossing around for a while now."

"Okay?" I asked. I was beginning to get nervous because Mark seemed so uncomfortable right now.

"I know you don't game very much or like at all, but I'd love to do an episode with you." He said nervously while drawing circles on my sides.

"Well, sure. I can try, An easy game?" I asked.

"Really?!?" Mark exclaimed happily. "We can prop hunt with Sean, Bob and Wade!"

"Of course I'll play! I know that Youtube is your job and a good part of your life so of course I would try it out since I big deal to you."

Mark hugged me, obviously happy how well I took to the idea. After cuddling more in the bath we finally decided to crawl out and get ready for bed. Mark was tucked in bed once I got out of the bathroom from cleaning up the candles and cleaning the glasses.

I pulled the covers over me and scooted closer to Mark's side. Before my eyes drifted close, I felt his heavy arm wrap around me and pull me closer to his body. We fit so well together.