When You Least Expect It (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter 2

Cody scrunched up his face as he felt someone shaking him and for some reason something really heavy was on his chest. But he just barely opened his eyes anyway, squinting at the light and seeing Josh smirking above him.

"What?" he grumbled, wanting to stretch but something was holding him down.

Had a little sleepover with lover boy? Josh signed, unable to wipe the look off his face.

Cody looked up at him confused before he felt something, rather someone moving on top of him, TJ fast asleep on his chest and breathing heavily.

So is after sex breakfast needed for you two?

"We didn't have sex, we're just friends," Cody said through gritted teeth.

Josh raised his eyebrows at his best mate, with the position they were in not seeming like that at all. Fine. I'm going to go take a shower, you should invite your boyfriend out with us later.

Cody was a second away from screaming at Josh but before he could he felt TJ slowly waking up on him. "Get out. Now," he muttered, death glaring Josh and seeing him put his hands up in defeat and leaving the two.

He was grateful the younger lad left, but the fact that TJ slept over, and slept on him had Cody freaking out just a bit. And he just watched as the blue eyed lad scrunched up his face, letting out a tired yawn and grumbled to himself before he rolled around a bit and opened his eyes.

"Well good morning," Cody laughed quietly, keeping his eyes on TJ and hating to admit that he looked utterly adorable when he was waking up.

Hi, TJ signed sheepishly.

And Cody could feel him laugh, saw him duck his head and hide his face against his chest so he couldn't see his reddening cheeks. He would give anything to hear his laugh, to hear his morning voice that apparently is supposed to sound raspy, whatever that means.

I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to sleep over, and on you especially, TJ signed, biting his lip to hold back his smile as he sat up from Cody's chest.

"It's okay, no harm done," Cody smiled back at him as the younger lad straddled his legs, slowly pulling his hands away from TJ's waist. "Last night was uhm, well I had a really good time."

Me too, TJ nodded at him. Despite coming over here for video games and we didn't pick up a controller once, last night was fun.

Cody didn't even know what to say, what to think as he remembered last night. He told TJ things he's never told anyone, not Josh or his dad or Emma when they were dating. Between glasses of wine and take out he told the younger lad about him growing up, about the bullies, his pop, his dad, even though he never quite mentioned his last name or who his father was.

And Cody doesn't think he's ever opened up to someone so much, that he's ever talked so much at all. But the younger lad just listened, taking in every word he said no matter how in to detail Cody went, how the curly haired lad clearly shared things that were hard for him whether it be about his pop or Emma. Even if it got dark, if Cody told him the worst thoughts he's ever had, how he saw himself and how he thought the world saw him. But all TJ did was listen. He rubbed his back, pulled him into his side and jumped in when he had something to say, but for the first time in maybe ever Cody felt accepted he felt comfortable with himself.

But before he could even tell TJ how much he appreciated him for listening last night and apologize for talking so much he felt a pillow hit his face.

Cody looked over, locking eyes with Josh as he stood there smirking at him, soaking wet with a towel wrapped around his waist. And of course then he remembered the position he and TJ were in, quickly scrambling up and getting the younger lad off him.