Devil in the Details

Temporary Goodbyes

Alex sighed heavily, he and Ashley were busy packing up their stuff and cleaning out the hotel room. They had reached the end of the day, Alex's Uber to the airport was arriving in an hour, and Ashley had bus call in about an hour and a half.

"I know you don't want to go baby, but I promise I'll be home soon." Ashley smiled softly at his boyfriend from across the room where he was seated on the floor of the room, meticulously folding his clothes while Alex was relentlessly disinfecting the sex toys they had used so they'd be as clean as possible for the trip and wouldn't start smelling disgusting.

"I know love, but I'll miss you." Alex smiled softly, looking up and letting himself just watch as Ashley carefully organized his clothes into their different groups, day stay over, night out, and sleepwear. "I hope I can visit you more on the second and international legs." Alex sighed softly, completely entranced by Ashley's body movements.

"Well, if we get you on the merch team we'll be together for the entire tour, not together the entire time but you get what I mean." Ashley smiled and looked over to his boyfriend, letting out a laugh when he caught Alex staring who quickly looked away while blushing heavily.

"God I would love to be on the team love, just seeing you do a soundcheck would be a dream come true, but going to bed cuddling you every night, that's just icing on an already incredibly amazing cake that I'm possibly going to be served." Alex smiled, looking back up at Ashley, his face still bright red with a blush. He couldn't help but chuckle when he saw a slight pink tinge on Ashley's tan cheeks, he couldn't help but get giddy with the knowledge that he of all people had the pleasure of being able to make the Ashley Purdy blush on command basically, something he always took advantage of because Ashley looked adorable while blushing.

"Hopefully, email me your resume, a cover letter, all your most recent medical files, and proof that you have a passport when you get home so I can talk to Jon about it okay?" Ashley asked.

"Sure thing babe, just send me a text reminding me because I'm sure to forget if you don't remind me." Alex laughed lightly as he finishing disinfecting and packed up what he and Ashley had now dubbed the 'fun bag' as he moved to his clothes and toiletries.

"I will, plus I know the guys will want to get to know you more. CC already told me he's never seem me this happy." Ashley blushed lightly because he knew CC was right, being with Alex was like something he had never experienced before. Sure he'd had a few flings with guys in the past but it never lasted and his relationships with woman were strong and some lasted good chunk of time but none of them felt like this one. With this one he could barely describe how it felt, his few words of summing it up were: amazing, spectacular, perfect, soulmates. Within their second week of dating Ashley knew Alex was special, that Alex was something he didn't have in his life ever before. That Alex was going to make him the happiest man on earth and he'd be damned if he couldn't make Alex as happy as he was, but seeing the way Alex's face lit up whenever they finally saw each other after a long day of work or finally being able to Skype while he was on tour, that smile lit up his whole world. The world that Alex was slowly taking over, of course Black Veil was his child that he loved more than anything, but Alex was second by just a smidge. He couldn't help the grin on his face when he saw Alex's face light up yet again at the mention of CC talking about him and the comments he made about their relationship.

"Well, I'm absolutely thrilled that I've made you so happy that your closest friends are noticing a change because that's all I want to do, make you happy and support you as you pursue your dreams love. I want to be by your side when you get the notification that you've sold out your first amphitheatre while headlining, be buy your side when you wing your first individual award. I still say that Andy stole hottest male from you." Alex pouted slightly at his frustration of Ashley's bandmate winning hottest male instead of his boyfriend.