Lightyears ⇝ Luke Hemmings

chapter four

Soft boys

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"Would it be all right if I borrowed your sweater? It smells like you."

Luke nodded absentmindedly, hearing Reece leave the living room of his apartment, his socked feet hitting the laminate wooden flooring. He was gone for a minute and then came back, and Luke looked up to see a glimpse of a happy trail and tanned tummy and then he looked at Reece's face and smiled, "you look cute in my jumper."

Reece grinned, feeling across the red jumper, "it's soft, smells like you too."

"Honey?"

Reece picked up the hem and sniffed it, "Yep. With a hint of the lasagne you dropped on yourself."

Luke rolled his eyes, "if it's dirty put on another one."

"But this is my favourite."

"Reece—"

"No—"

"Don't be a child—"

"Fuck you, I like this—"

"I'm ignoring you now."

"Rude."

Reece pouted deeply and left the living room, he came back in another jumper, Luke's university one from last year. Luke glanced at him, but didn't say anything, smiling to himself softly, Reece was pretty whipped.

Reece sat down on the sofa by Luke's side, their thighs pressed right together as Luke read his book, pushing his glasses up his nose. "What're you reading?" Reece asked.

"A book."

"About?"

"Space."

"Should've guessed."

"You're being rude again, Reecey."

Reece huffed, "you still okay to come to that party tonight?"

"Who's going?" Luke asked, lifting his head from his book.

"My friends and your friends." Reece shrugged.

"Is your ex gonna be there?" Luke said, a snarky tone in his voice. Reece's ex boyfriend had been sending him snapchats, Instagram DM's, Facebook messages, Reece was being bombarded. And Luke was pissed.

"No." Reece said and then he nudged in on Luke's shoulders and neck, "I don't like him, I like yooouuuu." Reece kissed his neck, "I only want my baby boy."

Luke huffed and put his arms around Reece's neck, their noses nudged, "I guess I like you too."

Reece grinned, "that's my boy."

"If he doesn't show up I'll go tonight, if he comes I'll walk out and go home and have a girls night in with me and Petunia."

"Okay." Reece kissed Luke's cheek, "you wanna wear that cute blue shirt I brought you?"

"Do I have to?" Luke asked, "I look like I'm trying to be Clark Kent."

Reece laughed, "you look fucking adorable. How can I persuade you to wear it?"

"I'll wear it to bed, you know I like wearing big shirts to bed." Luke pouted.

Reece shook his head, "as tempting as that is, no, you're wearing it tonight and I won't take no for an answer."

Luke whined, "Fine, you fuck."

"Now who's being rude."

They went to the party, and Luke wore his baby blue shirt, and Reece wore a tight black shirt. Luke was sat in the kitchen with Calum and Ashton, sipping at beers as Reece was in the living room laughing with their other friends, he and Michael got along tremendously, and they were the two loudest ones out of the bunch.

"So." Calum said, "you and Reece." He said and sipped his drink. "How's that going?"

Luke blushed, "fine."

Ashton rolled his eyes, "do you guys kiss? Cuddle? You mentioned you take baths together is that weird for you?"

"No it's not." Luke snorted, "I'm fine being naked in front of him and him in front of me, we kiss and cuddle and it's just normal, we just don't have sex."

"Does he get off?"

"Oh my god you're gonna be that friend Ash?" Luke scoffed, "stop asking, yes he gets off, not around me though."

Ashton hummed and nodded, "okay." He shrugged.

"You finished?"

"Yep."

"Another question, do you use pet names for each other?"

Luke blushes softly, "no, that's too gay."

"Alright." Ashton nodded, "what do bees make and I want you to yell this word okay?"

Luke sighed loudly and over the top. "Honey!"

There was a scramble and then Reece was at the kitchen doorway, "yes Lu baby?"

"Go away." Luke waved him off, too embarrassed.

Reece grinned, "okay." He said and left the doorway again.

Then there was the sound of a loud crack or a whip and everyone in the house burst in to laughter.

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This is just Reece being super in love that he'd do anything for Lu