Devil in the Details

A Lover's Passion

"I love you." Ashley whispered softly as he pressed a kiss to Alex's lips, the couple were back in Ashley's hotel room, cuddled together in the bed, mindlessly pressing soft kisses to each other, lips, cheeks, temples, head where ever they could reach when they were snuggled together, legs tangled together as Ashley held Alex's waist and Alex's hands were lazily playing with Ashley's hair. It was perfect for the two of them to just relax and be together.

"I love you too Ashy." Alex smiled softly, snuffling more into Ashley's chest kissing the base of his neck. Just ending being able to relax and be in his loving boyfriend's arms after being separated for months.

"Wanna do anything else baby? Or do you just want to cuddle?" Ashley asked kissing the top of Alex's head.

"I dunno." Alex shrugged, "As long as I'm with you I don't care." He smiled softly just loving being in Ashley's arms.

"I feel the same baby, I've missed you so much." Ashley smiled, gently plating with Alex's short soft hair.

"I've missed you too love, but I also love seeing you so happy on stag, doing what you love and being an inspiration to thousands. I'm so proud of you." Alex smiled kissing Ashley's neck again.

Ashley was grateful that Alex's face was buried in his chest because he had gone bright red when Alex started talking about Ashley's career with the band and his influence on the fans.

"I wish you could stay a little longer, I know you'd love to be here for a full show day and see everything." Ashley smiled softly, tracing circles on Alex's back, grinning when he felt Alex relax more and melt into him.

"I would love it babe, plus seeing you hover over the merch table would be adorable." Alex chuckled lightly, "You're so protective of the merch."

"Can't help it, I designed a majority of our merch." Ashley chuckled lightly.

"It's adorable baby, you're such a good designer and I love all the merch for this tour run." Alex smiled softly and snuggled further into Ashley (if it was possible).

"Is that why you begged me for one of every piece?" Ashley laughed.

"Hey! Fanboy at heart, I gotta have the merch." Alex pouted and poked Ashley's chest in a huff, causing Ashley to laugh and aw at how adorable his boyfriend was being. This just caused Alex to pout and head-butt Ashley's chest.

"Stop it Ash." He groaned, he could feel his face heating up and he didn't like that Ashley had this type of power over him.

"I won't stop Alex, you're adorable." Ashley chuckled softly holding Alex close and kissing the top of his head.

"I'm gonna miss you when I go back home." Alex mumbled snuggling closer to Ashley. Both of their hearts skipped a beat when Alex called Ashley's apartment home.

"I'll miss you too baby." Ashley whispered softly, playing with Alex's hair. "I wish you could stay for longer, it's feels weird not being able to wake up next to you every morning." Ashley kissed the top of Alex's head again.

"Same here Ashy." Alex whispered softly, "The apartment feels so empty without you, but I'm happy you're on tour again." He smiled softly and kissed just above the freckle on Ashley's left pec.

"How's work, are you guys still constantly understaffed?" Ashley asked.

"No, we actually got 2 new hires so now I actually get more breaks, the only reason I couldn't get more time off is because they're still in training so I'm still working the same hours until they're trained." Alex explained to his boyfriend.

"After they're trained, do you think you'd be able to take a few months off?" Ashley asked hesitantly, having devised a plan for Alex to join him on tour so the two of them to be together for the entire time.