Haunted

"Morning, Maddox," Hunter's voice was actually not the worst thing to wake up to, Maddox had to admit. "I've got your coffee but I can't find Eli so," he paused. "Oh."

"Morning, Hunter," Eli said. Maddox lifted his head to see the look on Hunter's face and caught the smug grin on Eli's face.

"Thank you," Maddox rolled away from where he'd been sleeping with his head on Eli's chest.

"I can go get you coffee too, Eli, if you want," Hunter offered.

"Yeah, just give us a minute. I'll make sure Maddox gets up," he added, reaching for Maddox again.

"Okay," Hunter looked really confused as he left the room.

"Why do I feel like you're using me?" Maddox yawned. Eli pulled him back into his arms.

"Shh, I'm freezing. Just snuggle for a second."

"I've never met anyone who likes this as much as you," Maddox curled up to Eli.

"Logan hates it. It's literally the only thing wrong with him."

"Sorry."

"Oh well, you'll let me do it, right?"

"I have to pee."

"Ugh, fine," Eli huffed. "Leave me to freeze."

"I'll get your clothes," Maddox laughed but tossed Eli a hoodie before he went into the bathroom. He put on his own sweatshirt before he got back in bed with Eli.

"How are you feeling?" Eli rubbed his back.

"Okay, I guess," Maddox hadn't thought about his tour or performing or missing Brent all night. As soon as he did he started to get anxious again. "Let's not talk about it."

"Alright. Can we talk about the look on Hunter's face?"

"I'd rather talk about the look on yours."

"I didn't have a look."

"Yeah, you did," Maddox laughed and tickled him.

"No, stop!" Eli protested. "That's not fair."

"Okay, coffee for Eli," Hunter came back just then. Maddox let go of Eli.

"Thank you," Eli sat up to take his coffee from Hunter. "Sit down, let's just go over everything here."

"Alright," Hunter sat on the end of the bed.

A minute later Tim came in so they could discuss the schedule for the day. Eli left with Tim to handle other issues. Maddox tried to decide if he wanted to get up or if he wanted to call Brent before he really got out of bed.

"So, am I supposed to pretend I don't see stuff like that?" Hunter asked. "Cause I don't really understand."

"Stuff like what?"

"I mean how you're sleeping with Eli. And like why can he have you but I can't? I thought that was the deal."

"Nothing happened last night," Maddox smiled. "Eli and I just slept. I know we're close but there's nothing going on there. We're both happy with our boyfriends."

"Eli and Logan aren't happy, they fight all the time," Hunter rolled his eyes. "Okay, so I'll act like I didn't see anything, that's fine."

"You really didn't see anything," Maddox insisted. "Brent asked Eli to stay with me so I wouldn't be sad about leaving. We just slept."

"I know keeping secrets is part of the job, Dax. I just want you to tell me when I'm supposed to keep my mouth shut."

"It's not a secret. Do Eli and Logan really fight all the time?"