Sticky notes and empty pens

Chapter 18.

3rd Pov.

With peace finally drifting over Hogwarts once more and the students getting ready for their return to their families, Adam had once more taken notice of his stressed other half. Shiro had been up till the late hours again, trying to figure everything out.
He had shared with Adam it had felt like something was missing, something big and important that could help figure out what the hell had been happening these past couple of weeks. He had said it just didn't make sense.

Adam has tried his best to be there for him and to take care of him, making sure he ate when he was supposed to and tried to get him to sleep whenever he really needed it and had been up for too many hours after another. He had decided today wasn't going to be one of those stressful days for Shiro.

A sigh escaped Adams lips as he tried to calm his nerves. He'd been wanting to do this for.. he doesn't even remember how long. He has loved this man for a long time and planned on loving him until he couldn't anymore.

So then he made himself knock on Shiro's door. He had been located mostly in his office for these past couple of days so he had guessed this is where he would also be right now.

"Come in!" Came muffled from behind the closed door. Adam opened it, peering in from behind the slightly creaked open door, a smile spreading across his face before he pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.

"Adam." Shiro greeted, the stressed and tired expression he wore easing into a more comfortable one, he returned the smile Adam had given him as he watched his partner walk into his office.

Adam squinted his eyes at Shiro.

"You've been overworking yourself again haven't you?" Shiro let out a laugh, rubbing his face to try and get rid of the tiredness in his eyes.

"No.." He spoke silently before trying a glance at Adam.

"Yes?" He questioned now with an innocent smile. Adam shook his head with a sigh.

"I know you care about the others hun but you've gotta look after yourself too. I care about you too." Adam had probably explained this to Shiro a thousand times, he cared about him and hoped he'd start taking better care of himself for once if he let him know he cared enough times.

Shiro opened his mouth to try and say something, but Adam had cut him off before he could try.

"I'm not angry or disappointed, it's sweet of you to look after the kids. But only if you allow me to take you out tonight. You deserve it." They now stood before one another, hands intertwined as Adam looked hopefully into Shiro's eyes.

"Okay. You're right, I should take some time away from this room before it consumes me." Adam let out a chuckle at the statement.

"Well come on then." Adam smiled sweetly.

"Wait, right now?" Shiro questioned with a chuckle of his own, dropping the pen he had already picked back up down on the table again.

"Yes, right now."

"Okay, okay." Shiro smiled taking ahold of the jacket he had hung over his chair, quickly pulling it on before taking his lovers hand again, letting himself get pulled away from the office he had been hiding in for the past couple of days.

Adam had dragged him outside to the Quidditch field.

"Why are we here?" Shiro questioned with a smile.

"Well.. because this is kind of how we met remember? The Gryffindors against the Slytherins Quidditch match?" Adam explained as he picked up the brooms he had prepared earlier that evening.