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6: Cold nights

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"Steven!" he heard a voice say, which along with a pair of hands gently shaking him finally woke him up all the way.

"What is it?" he said glancing at his alarm clock, groaning when he saw it was only 3am.

"Umm, I think the heating systems broken because it's freezing and the thermostat isn't working. And since it's too cold for me to sleep out there I was kind of wondering if I could, umm... join you again?" Anthony asked, his voice sounding nervous. Steven could only see his outline, but the posture made it look like he was definitely nervous. Instead of replying Steven just flipped the blanket up and patted the space beside him, goosebumps breaking out as the cold air touched his bare skin. 'Shit I knew I should've worn more than boxers! Still better than what I was wearing when we met though...' Steven thought as Anthony took the hint and crawled in with him, pulling the blankets back across them both.

Steven tried to fall back asleep, but he could feel Anthony still shivering on the other side of the bed. Figuring it would help them both fall asleep Steven shifted over and pressed his warm body against Anthonys cold one, shivering as he felt their bare skin touching. 'he's still not wearing a shirt to bed I see.' he thought as Anthony took the opportunity to cuddle up even closer, his shivering finally stopping. Steven breathed in Anthonys scent, felt a fluttering in his chest before he relaxed, then they both drifted off to sleep.

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Waking up Steven was instantly uncomfortable, trying to get up he figured out what the problem was, Anthony was laying ontop of his arm which had now fallen asleep. He pulled himself free and scooted over to his side of the bed, which instantly had Anthony curling into a ball looking cold. 'Goddamnit' Steven thought before moving back towards Anthony, wrapping an arm around him and pulling him close, kind of spooning him. 'Fuck it, he's asleep and it's been awhile since I've gotten to cuddle anyone.'

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Next time he woke up Anthony was gone, and he had a message on his phone from his soon to be room mate reading -hey turns out I may be there sooner than expected, probably tonight if thats ok?-   Steven quickly texted him back that it was okay, and mentioned how he had a friend over before he threw on some clothes and rushed to the other bedroom to finally start building the furniture.

Half an hour later Anthony came back to find him still working. "Hey Steven, I was talking to one of those guys from upstairs an they said the fourth floors gonna be closed a bit longer since they think someone may have set the fire on purpose. Also they think the same person may have came back and fucked with the heating thingy last night, which is probably why it was so cold. Isn't that crazy? Like who would wanna do that?" he said, thinking for a second before adding "Maybe someones crazy ex or something!"

"Wow, I just hope they catch them." Steven said while he tried to figure out which part the directions were saying to screw what together. He was definitely having a bit of trouble with the directions which seemed to make little to no sense.

"Here I'll help you with that." Anthony said, coming up close behind him and leaning over his shoulder to look at instructions. "Hmm I think I see which part you're having trouble with." he said, his breath fanning across Stevens neck, while his arm reached around him to point at the directions. "This has to be the other way around."

Still Steven was a little bit distraced when Anthony was explaining, so he stayed to help and they both ended up just working together till they finished putting all the furniture together.

As he put away the tools Anthony came up and leaned against the doorway behind him. "Hey Steven, can I ask you something?" the other guy asked, nervously running his hands through his hair.

"Sure, whats up?" he answered eyes on Anthony, watching as he stood up and came over to him

"I was just wondering how you felt about--" he started to say, but was interrupted by a knocking on the appartment door.

"Shit hold on a sec I think that's my roommate, he mentoned he might be here today." Steven called as he brushed past Anthony on his way to answer the door. As he opened the door he felt a smile light up his face, it was his roomate!

"Hey come on in!"