↔IMPULSE↔

↔Birthday↔

Gabe had been with Archie for the last couple days and it had been crazy and exciting and fun. They would stay out all night for the concerts and after parties, then they'd return to their hotel room and get hot and heavy until they fell asleep, never going all the way still.

It was finally his birthday, Gabe wore his Graveyard Shift tank top as he stood backstage with a few other fans that were pretty cool.

A girl laughed and introduced herself, "I'm Kate!"

He gave her a friendly smile, "I'm Gabe."

She tittered, "I know. I go most of the concerts, your Archie's boyfriend. You have your own group admirers."

His eyebrows knit together, "huh?" He had to have misheard her over the blaring music.

"You're a cutie, a lot of people thought so on the fanpage." Gabe blushed in embarrassment. That had to be a lie, but it also freaked him out that he was posted to the fanpage as Archie's boyfriend, what if someone he knew checked the page and found out?

The song ended and the crowd was screaming praises for the band Archie held up his hands and walked over, the people backstage cheering as he approached. He grabbed Gabe's hand and dragged him in front of the huge crowd.

"I have a very special announcement!"Gabe's heart raced in anxiety, there were so many people, he squeezed Archie's hand. "It's my baby's birthday!" The band members all smiled at him and began singing happy birthday, the crowd joining in turning it from a song to a chant.

Gabe felt like a steamed lobster and hid his face behind his hands, turning to face Archie's bare, paint-streaked chest. He wrapped Gabe in a bear hug and laughed, purring in his ear, "happy birthday, Gabriel."

He looked up and was greeted with a kiss. Gabe glanced at the crowd that crowed and clapped as Graveyard Shift stepped off stage.

The younger boy jumped on Archie, wrapping his legs around Archie's waist and squeezing his arms around his neck as he buried his face in the crook of his neck.

"I can't believe you did that!" Gabe was still burning with embarrassment.

He chuckled, "you look so cute, you're so red!"

Archie carried him with ease, pecking his lips, "Archie let me down now, it'll be embarrassing to walk out like this!"

Instead of letting him down, he hoisted him up to get a better grip, "nope. I'm carrying you to the car like this and back to our hotel room."

"What about the after party?"

With a smirk, "they can miss us tonight."

When he said that something stirred in Gabe and he kissed Archie, who stopped walking to savour the kiss.

It took ten minutes just to get to the car, random people greeted them as they giggled at Gabe in his arms. It took another ten minutes to get to their hotel, thankfully, there wasn't much traffic at two in the morning.

Sometime in the elevator, the two clashed together in a passionate frenzy stumbling out of the lift without losing contact as they managed to get to their hotel door, frantically searching their pockets for the room key. Archie pulled it out of Gabe's back pocket and opened the door.

As soon as the door closed, Archie was stripping Gabe of his clothes, kissing his bare shoulders and neck.

Before going to the bed, Archie led him into the bathroom. Soon, they were naked and standing under a stream of hot water, the remaining paint on Archie turning the water grey.