Venus - LAMS

☆Chapter 12☆

~John~

I look around the apartment, mostly empty aside from mismatched bubble wrapped furniture and boxes of stuff. The window was straight in front of me, and it provided a BEAUTIFUL view of New York city and the sunset. The golden rays of the sunset stream into the room, casting a beautiful glow to everything.

Including my darling Alex.

He's sitting in front of the window, just taking in the view of our new apartment. It's still somewhat hard to believe, we're together. Living together, even. We both moved out of our previous apartments and put together our funds to put down a nice payment towards this apartment, even being able to pay for a few months in advance so we won't have to worry about bills while we're still settling in.

Mr. Hamilton was really chill with me and Alex being a thing. I don't think he fully understood the idea, but he was supportive, and that was okay. Alex and I were both very thankful for his chill-ness about the whole thing.

My family went a little wild, though.

In a good way!
Everyone knows I'm gay, and I kid you not, my sisters were screaming happily for a good hour and my brothers wouldn't stop teasing me in that fun, sibling way when we're proud of one another but we also wanna show it in a lovely, "I care about you but let me show it in an odd way" way.
This is normal for us, I swear-

My dad was pretty chill about the whole situation too. He just said that I still need to find a way to get him a grandkid. I just laughed, and told him we'd have to wait and see on that note, and that my siblings would be more likely to bring grandkids.

Regardless, our families were really supportive of us and it's great.

I walked over to Alex, and sat down next to him. He instantly leaned against me.

"It's wonderful, isn't it?" He murmured. "We've got family that supports us, we love each other, the apartment and view are beautiful, and we're finally starting to get into our dream jobs."

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that Alex quit his job at that coffee place to get a job at the planetarium teaching kids about the stars. He really loves his job, you can tell by the sparkle in his eyes every time he's getting ready for work. I'm still an author, but I'm working on a story I love, and the fans seem to love it just as much.

I nodded, smiling at Alex. "It sure is beautiful.. But not as beautiful as you, love~" I purred, kissing the top of his head. His blush was almost lost in the glow of the sun, but I still caught it.

I thought back to how our friends had reacted when we announced our relationship. Laf and Herc were so shook like they never saw it coming, but from one gay couple to another they were really happy for us. I met the older Schuyler sisters thanks to Alex a couple of months ago, and when we told them they were pretty surprised. Angelica was happy for us, Eliza seemed to be trying to be happy but you could tell she was a little upset. I'm not sure why though, Alex refuses to talk about it.. And Peggy..

Oh boy Peggy.

Peggy and I were penpals as children (it was some magazine we both enjoyed that set us up together, it was pure coincidence). When I moved to New York we got in contact online, and kept planning to meet up but one thing happened then another and we never did until recently. It was nice, I'll say that much.

But when I told Peggy that Alex and I were a thing, she wouldn't stop screaming.
It was hilarious, and she wouldn't shut up about how she knew her Gaydar was correct. Alex was shook and I just laughed along. Like I said earlier, I've known Peggy for a long time.

I look back at Alex as the sun disappeared beyond the buildings. My precious boy had fallen asleep, which was good. He seemed to be getting more and more tired each day, though I never knew why. I knew he slept enough, ate enough.. It might just be the aftermath of his panic attack when we first became boyfriends, but that's a bit of a stretch..

So long as my boy is healthy, I'm sure it's nothing more than his mind just wearing itself out, which wouldn't surprise me with how much he thinks. It's crazy.

I gently pick Alex up, and lay him on the couch. I'd already decided I'd sleep on the floor tonight while our beds still weren't here yet. Now that he was on the couch, he couldn't argue with me anymore.

Heaven help me, he's so cute when he sleeps though..

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hEYY I bring forth precious fluff chapter-

Dudes I can't believe we're almost halfway through the book already!! It's crazy how much faster I'm writing Venus compared to His Eyes, lmao.

Speaking of His Eyes, I know I keep saying I'll get the sequel out sometime soon, but I think my motivation has shifted to Venus for the time being. Aside that, making a cover picture in the quality of detail like I did for His Eyes for the sequel takes quite a few hours, that I could be using to write.

SO! I need advice. I need to know what YOU guys do for your story covers, and if you have any advice as to how to make it look good without spending a hella lot of time on it??
Or if you have any suggestions for some juicy aesthetic covers- Because I have been considering changing aLL my published story covers to make them kinda aestheticy (inspired by my friend Dezzy, determinelydepressed . (Her stories are aMAZING PLS I BEG OF YOU GO LOOK AT HER STUFF AAAA)).

bUT Yeah, I think that's all for now. : )

Venus will continue to be the main book I update for the time being, and later on I plan on posting the sequel to His Eyes, and an interactive book that's still in the works at the moment <3
Keep an eye out for those!~

Hope you enjoyed! Stay safe, and wear your seat belts. //mwah