Craig's POV
I don't think it surprises anyone when I tell them I like space. Anyone who walks into my room knows I'm a complete space nerd. My boyfriend jokes that I love space more than him. Oh shit. Right. I'm gay too. I'm a gay space nerd.
I spend my days in my room, though I'm not sitting and staring at nothing, I mean... admiring my space items. I'm sat at my desk, drawing various space things. Which go on my wall, recently I've been sculpting though. Of course I've been making them space themed. Though I made a model camera, my dad had to help because I wanted the lens to be able to twist as though it's moving in and out. I spent way too long making a model telescope.
As of now, I'm sitting in my room, working on my sculpture of a planet I created. Before I started sculpting I was creating planets and drawing them, It took a bit to get my head around sculpting but I'm actually quite good at it now. Half the time I do this I'm on autopilot so I don't really know how I do this. It's just.. lines... I make my planets out of foam. Most of the things I sculpt with are with clay, but it's easier to make the planets of foam. Multiple coats of paint and a lot of time for it to dry.
I'm so focused that I don't notice the door open, I give the ball of foam one more stroke of the paintbrush and I rest it on it's stand so it can dry. I feel hands on my shoulders, massaging them slightly, I look back and see Stan, my boyfriend.
"How's my space nerd?" He asks
I roll my eyes and sigh "Stressed."
"Why?" He asks
"My planet isn't coming out the way I want it to, and I have to keep repainting it... it's pissing me off and stressing me out, I've been working on it for a long time..." I explain
Stan let's out a sigh "Maybe you should take a break"
"No.... it has to get finished" I glare at him
"Craig, dear. You aren't on a time limit. C'mon I wanna hang out with you" Stan begs, I sigh and stand up, turning toward him and smile lightly.
"Want me to give you a massage?" Stan asks
"Why?" I ask
"Because you're stressed, and I wanna." He answers
"Oh... okay then" I nod, accepting his offer
"Take off your shirt and lay on your bed" Stan instructs, this is strange, I haven't taken my shirt off in front of him before, we haven't been dating for that long. I get on bed and hide my face in a pillow, I hear the door click shut and after a few moments of silence there's movement on the bed and there's a ton of weight on my ass. He must be sitting on it.
"Ah!" I wince and tense up as he starts massaging me.
"Just relax honey, it'll hurt less if you relax" Stan says with a calm voice. I sigh and try to relax as he pushes on the knots in my back, to break them up. Pushing on them hurts a lot.... but the more he does it becomes less painful; It becomes relaxing. I turn my head to the side, my eyes shut and a smile creeps onto my face. As he continues his work and I feel myself slip into a subconscious state. I'm awoken when I feel something against my back that isn't his hands, it's wetter. His lips. He's kissing my back, I relax once again, his lips travel to my shoulders and he bites at my ear slightly, which makes me chuckle.
"All done?" I ask
"Mhm" he mumbles, getting off me, I sit up and move my back. "How do you feel?" He asks, I turn back toward him and smile
"Better, so much better." I answer, getting up and putting my shirt back on, my NASA shirt. I get back to my desk and pick up my sculpture.
"No, Craig I want to take you somewhere." Stan says
"Oh... Okay" I put the sculpture down and stand back up, Stan takes my hand and leads me outside, to his car.
"Where are we going babe?" I ask as I get in the passenger side.
"Mmm it's a surprise, did you forget what today was?" He asks
"Yes, What's today?" I ask
"You aren't gonna think about it?" I take a second
"Okay I thought about it, What's today?" I get slightly excited and bounce in my seat
Stan laughs "Today is our one-month anniversary"
I gasp "It is?! I forgot! I'm so sorry!" The bouncing stops and I now have a saving sensation of guilt.
"It's fine,I know you don't keep track of those things that easily." Stan smiles understandingly.
"Oh thank you. You're so great, I got lucky with you" I take a deep breath and give him a loving look. Stan parks in the parking lot of some strange building. He gets out so I follow suit.
"What is this place?" I ask
"How do you not know, it's the planetarium" Stan answers
"The- Really?!" I jump excitedly and my hands go over my chest, I jump into an embrace with Stan, even though we're hugging I don't stop bouncing.
Stan chuckles and tightens his grip. "Calm down dude"
"I love you so much!" I put my arms around Stan's neck and get on my tippy toes, resting my chin on his shoulder, still bouncing slightly.
"C'mon Craig the show is gonna start" Stan smiles, I nuzzle myself into him.
"Okay!" I kiss his cheek and pull back.
Stan and I walk into the planetarium and, much to my dismay he pays for me. We get to our seats and sit back, I wanna cuddle him, but the armrest is in my way of it. It doesn't stop him from putting his arm around me and pulling me so my head is on his shoulder. That's all we can do. I can't sloth cuddle him like I like to do. He likes my sloth cuddles though. I hold onto him like he's my tree, legs and arms around his torso and my head nuzzled in the crook of his neck. The light goes down and the stars come out, my eyes dilated and I put my arms around Stan, leaning over the armrest a little to be able to hold him.
Stan's POV
Toward the end of the show I feel Craig's body relax. He has fallen asleep. I smile and pick him up, taking him back to the car after the show is over. I put the front seat down and put Craig in it, Putting his seatbelt on and kissing his forehead. He groans and turns slightly. I carefully close the door and get in, beginning l drive us back to his house, because his parents know about us, and mine don't, you'd think that since we live in a small mountain town that everyone would know, but his family is very discreet and we're both grateful for that. His family is very nice about us being together, they seem to like me, which makes me happy, I wouldn't want his parents to hate me. I pull into his driveway and get out to pick him up, he slept the whole way home. I carry him like a baby, my arm under him and my other hand on his back to protect him, I open his door and his parents look at me a bit concerned.
"Hi Stanley." Laura starts "Is Craig okay?" She asks
"Yes he's perfectly fine, he just fell asleep while we were at the planetarium" I answer
She lets out a sigh of relief "Oh thank god, I would hate for anything bad to happen to my baby"
"I wouldn't let anything bad happen to him, we were just celebrating our one month anniversary" I smile and bounce him a bit "he was the most excited I have ever seen him"
"Oh yes, he loves space" She responds
"Yeah, I see it every time I go into his room." I chuckle
"If he loves anything more than space, it's you" Laura smiled
I blush lightly "How do you know?"
"At dinner, rather than talking about space he'll rest his head on his hand hand play with his food, going on and on about you." Laura answers
"All good thing's I hope" I chuckle
Craig groans a little and turns a little.
"He has never said a bad thing about you, he only talk about all the nice things you do for him, sometimes it's the stupid things you do for him, like carrying his things for him, or taking his place in fights, sometimes it's just the kisses you give him before and after classes" Laura explains, which makes me blush deeper
"Stan also... nnnngg... cuddles me when I'm sad... he massaged me today... Stan is the best boyfriend in the whole world and I love him" Craig mumbles
Laura giggles, hmm. I didn't know she heard it.
"He's so cute... I love him" I hold him closer to me
"Craig loves you too" Craig giggles
"Shh, Just sleep..." I rub Craig's back and bounce him
"Mmmm I don't wanna sleep anymore" Craig stretches a bit
"Woah woah hon... let me put you down first" I set him down, his legs buckle, So I'm quick to catch him, Putting my arm around his waist and pulling him against me. He gets control over his legs so he stands up and stretches.
"Mmm thanks Stan" Craig says as he stretches.
"You two are so cute together" Laura says, I smile and Craig flips off his mom, a smile and blush present beneath it.
"So how was the planetarium?" Laura asks
Craig rubs his eyes "It was awesome! There were so many colors, and the stars went on forever and ever! I saw Cassiopeia! And Andromeda!" He has his excited voice again
I sigh happily, looking at him lovingly "He's my little space nerd..." I put my arm around his waist, pulling him next to me.
"Y-Youre m-my... ahhh" he turns his head to hide it in my chest "Lets go into my room" He adds taking me back up to his room. Eyeing his project.
"No. Craig. No finishing it right now" I instruct, he sighs and sits on his bed, I go over to sit next to him.
"Can I try something?" I ask
"Go for it." He answers, looking at me, I get a rush of nerves as I cup his cheek, he turns red as he realizes what's about to happen, then he smirks as I begin to lean in, both of his hands go on my cheeks and he grips my head slightly, pulling me closer and moving himself closer till our lips collide in a passionate kiss. That sneaky little fuck. He wanted to be the one to initiate the first kiss! Though that's the least of my worries. We're kissing, and it's not soft, it's passionate and emanates pure love. Pure, true, love. Just as quickly as it starts it's over though.
"You cheeky little shit" I mumble, but he hears it, our foreheads are pressed together and our lips are barely brushing against one another's.
"I wanted first dibs on your lips" he states
"Then I get first dibs on your ass." I give him an Eskimo kiss
He chuckles "then I get first dibs on yours!"
My hands slide down to his lower back. He pounced on me, pushing me back onto the bed and getting on top of me, he pulls away and smiles lightly.
"You've just given my access" I move my hand further down to his ass, his face goes completely red.
"Shit!" He giggles and rolls off me. "I got the first kiss and that's all I care about." Craig cuddles into my side and sighs contently.
"Happy anniversary, Stan"
