Writer's Block

Perfect (Scomiche, Other)

Scott's noticed the brunet around the neighborhood when he visits Jaden sometimes. Of course he has. He's not blind. The man isn't Scott's usual type, but he's beautiful enough that if Scott was single he'd be throwing the concept of "type" out the window and doing everything in his power to get to know him better.

But Scott's not single. And therein lies the story.

They've even spoken occasionally, Scott and the brunet. Mostly impersonal comments about the weather while they wait at the same bus stop, or a brief "thank you!" as one of them holds open a door the other is running through.

They occasionally have a real conversation, like when waiting for drinks at a busy coffee shop. Scott orders a trenta three-shot, two-extra-pump, iced coffee and the man, already waiting for his drink, raises a perfectly sculpted eyebrow at him.

"Long night?"

Scott blushes, but for some reason answers truthfully: "Yeah. My boyfriend's going out of town for work, so we, um, we made up for the time we'll lose. All night."

He has no idea what possesses him to say something so personal, but the man just laughs and raises his newly-delivered, normal-sized cup in a toast. "My fiancé and I are about to leave for a romantic getaway. To my night being as good as yours!"

Scott laughs and mildly wonders whether 'fiancé' has one 'e' or two. He suspects just one, but he's not dickish enough to be sure.

This is the point in time that Scott later labels "when I could have started suspecting".

But he doesn't.

Jaden's nice. And he's interesting. And he's perfect. And he's hot as fuck and fantastic in bed, which is maybe why Scott doesn't scrape the brain cells together to: a) avoid mentioning his amazing night to a near-complete stranger in a coffee shop, and b) wonder about the stranger's trip for longer than the ten seconds it takes to get his ocean-sized coffee and walk out the door.

The caffeine though. The caffeine is great.

More importantly, Jaden is as busy as Scott, which means that for once Scott doesn't have to deal with a clingy boyfriend who gets upset whenever he has to stay late at work or is inspired and wants to work on the song he's been writing instead of catching yet another action movie. Jaden just says he understands and he loves him and maybe they can get together for brunch tomorrow instead?

Scott runs into the brunet again a week later at the same coffee shop, on his way to see Jaden now that he's back from his conference. He holds the door open for him and is slightly surprised that he just walks through. He's usually much more polite about at least offhandedly thanking him.

Then he spies the tan and the hickey and remembers their previous conversation. "So your getaway was good?"

The brunet looks up at him blankly for a moment, deep bags under his eyes, before he blushes. "Uh, yeah. Very good. I'm just a little..." His hand waves around vaguely.

"Sleep deprived?" Scott asks, trying not to laugh. He's obviously exhausted and it's endearing.

The brunet snaps twice and points at him. "Yes. That." He peers up at the menu. "What was in that swimming pool you ordered the other day? Was it any good? More importantly, did it keep you awake?"

Scott tells him. And then orders it for him when he can't seem to retain the knowledge for more than a millisecond. He's still chuckling to himself when he gets to Jaden's with their own cups of coffee.

Jaden's tanned and handsome and completely exhausted. He always is after a business conference. They snuggle up on the couch to drink their coffee and Jaden falls asleep against Scott's chest before he's even halfway done. Scott loves it and loves him.