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vanilla and lavender - wroetofreezy

"you fell asleep on my shoulder on the flight but it's okay because you smelled nice and i was cold anyway" au

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harry ran through the airport as quickly as he could. he was not about to miss another flight. he makes it just in time, and hands the lady his boarding pass. she mutters something under her breath, but harry can't quite make out what she said. he assumes it wasn't very polite, but chooses to ignore it. she tells him to go on and board the plane.

harry steps onto the plane, looking for his seat. he was exhausted and couldn't wait to sit down. he made his way towards the back of the plane, where his seat was. he finally found it and sat down. there was only one person next to him, and he looked about harry's age. obviously harry wasn't going to bother him, mostly because the other boy had earbuds in, but also because harry didn't really like to throw himself into unnecessary social situations.

the plane took off almost right after harry had come aboard, and harry soon found himself dozing off. within minutes, he had fallen asleep. his head fell gently onto the shoulder of the boy sitting next to him. this boy, cal, noticed right away, and was about to wake him up to tell him off, but stopped himself. a small smile showed itself on cal's face. to cal, harry smelled of vanilla and lavender, and it was amazing. cal also enjoyed the warmth brought by the other boy's closeness.

one part of cal hoped that the boy would stay exactly like he currently was for the entire seven hour flight. however, part of cal also wanted the boy to wake up and be able to talk to him. cal wasn't usually a fan of making unnecessary conversation, but this boy made cal feel different. he was also extremely cute, so that was a plus. he carefully removed his earbuds, trying not to wake the sleeping boy. he sat in silence, just enjoying the smell and warmth of harry. this didn't last forever, though, and harry started to wake up. after a few moments, harry became aware of what had happened.

"i'm sorry," he said quietly. "didn't mean to fall asleep on you. i hope i didn't bother you too much."

"don't worry about it," cal said softly with a smile. "i'm cal."

"i'm harry," he introduced, a smile creeping onto his face.

"you must've been really tired. you fell asleep really quick," cal pointed out.

"yeah... i didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night, so i'm not surprised."

"you're more than welcome to sleep again," cal said warmly.

"that's okay. i can sleep for the rest of my life. i only get the next few hours to talk to you," harry said softly. "and i much prefer the latter anyhow."