As You Please || Auston Matthews

009

"Hey sleeping beauty," I cooed as I walked back into my room with a plate of pancakes and some bacon, "you going to wake up or what?" I stifled a laugh as I lowered the plate to the man's nose and watched as his big bright eyes snapped open within seconds. Sucking in a deep breath, the brunette looked from the plate of food, then up at me. A huge smile spread across his lips as he reached out from under the comforter and set his hand down on my leg. Pulling me toward him, a small laugh left my lips as I took a few steps closer to the bed and sat down on the edge.

Auston pressed his face into me as he let out a yawn. "You didn't have to do this, Tess."

I shrugged a shoulder, my eyes scanning over everything in the room. When I had taken my time noticing the duffle bag in the corner of my room and the foreign socks discarded on the floor, a soft smile settled on my lips as I looked down and set the plate of food down on the nightstand. "I like cooking, and I woke up early." I admitted as I glanced at the clock and then back to the brunette who still had his face pressed into me. "You don't like pancakes?"

"I love pancakes." Auston said dramatically as he looked up at me and smiled. When my eyes met his, all of the emotions and thoughts from the previous night hit me like a bullet. I couldn't stop myself from catching glances at his lips. I couldn't stop thinking about just how soft a kiss from him would be.

I yearned to have him erase all of the thoughts from my mind.

"They're terrible for my diet though," Auston huffed as he ripped off a piece of pancake and shoved it in his mouth. After a few chews, he let out a long groan and put his head back against the bed. "These are so good Tess," Auston admitted as he put a hand to his mouth so I didn't see him chewing. "You're going to ruin my weight."

"I made them, you don't have to eat them," I laughed as Auston reached over and ripped another piece off from the pancake. As he shoved it into his mouth, he looked down at his fingers and blushed. Following his eyes, I noticed the butter and syrup glistening in the sunlight.

I couldn't help but laugh as Auston pushed off the covers and slowly got himself into a seated position, his fingers never touching the sheets, his clothes, or me. "I need to wash my hands," Auston looked up at me and then over at the plate of food. Grabbing the last third of the pancake, he stood up from the bed and took a huge bite. "Is there anyway you can make these, but like..." his voice trailed off as he entered the bathroom attached to my room, "like healthy?" He finished his sentence as he turned on the sink.

I rolled my eyes as I glanced over at the plate and picked it up with my right hand. Standing up, I glanced over at the bathroom and watched as Auston walked out from the doorway, his torso still free of any clothing. Pulling my bottom lip between my teeth, I sucked in a small breath as I let my eyes soak him in for a minute or two.

"You're blushing, my little tomato." Auston cooed as he walked over to me and pinched the tip of my nose. Grabbing the plate from my hands, he walked over to the door and sent me a wink. "How do you like your coffee?"

I was in a daze as I smiled at the brunette and nodded my head, my lips parting as I mumbled that I didn't want any milk or sugar. With a nod, Auston disappeared into the apartment, leaving me with a fast heart rate and a fire in the pit of my stomach.

This morning when I woke up to Auston holding me like a teddy bear, I felt like everything in the world was as it should be. I wasn't worried about things moving too fast. I didn't think about how little time I knew the brunette. I didn't think about any negative thing having to do with our relationship. I looked up at him, in my half awake delirium, and kissed the tip of his nose and his forehead. I felt like I had been waking up to his face for the last ten years.