do-over

xviii ; needy

I woke up from my nap to find Adrian in the kitchen.

"You didn't wake me up..." I pouted subconsciously. "Look at you doing all this work by yourself to prepare for the movie and you didn't wake me up..!"

He chuckled softly, my mind still a fuzz so I had no idea what he was laughing at while I buried my face in his warm chest.

"I was going to wake you up soon," he placed a couple kisses on the top of my head, then tilted my head up and kissed my forehead. This woke me up a bit more. "You were so tired so I figured you could really use the rest." He lifted me up so he could hold me and still do some tasks. I hugged onto him tight, when sleep started tempting me again. "You're so baby when you're sleepy."

"I'm baby," I mumbled, nuzzling his neck and not giving it much thought.

"Would you say that if you were really awake?" He laughed and I blinked, curious now.

"What?" I sat up straighter in his arms. "Wait, what?! Say what?" Adrian just laughed. "Tell meeee!" I started patting his head aggressively. "What did I sayyyy?" I was fully awake now, and going to beat his ass.

"No. Sleepy Jax thoughts are for me only," he kissed my ear softly when the microwave binged. "Only for me," he opened the microwave and paused. "Can you hold on tighter so I can let go please, bubs?" The nickname made my face warm and I did what he asked so he could use two hands to grab a bowl and rip the popcorn bag open.

"Do I say embarrassing things?" I asked, playing with the ends of his hair.

"Maybe to you. To me it's just cute," he finished pouring the popcorn in the bowl and kept it on the counter while he went to the fridge. Because of the direct heat from Adrian, the cold of the fridge was shocking. I pushed myself closer, wincing, and buried my face in his neck. "Ah, sorry," he held me again, only with one arm, while grabbing stuff from the fridge with the other. "I like you cuddly. I like this."

I kissed his neck softly. "Maybe I'll be needy baby more often."

"Soft cutie baby," he spoke softly while my face warmed and I smiled shyly. The cold dissipated and he set the things he had grabbed on the counter. It sounded like glass and something wrapped.

"I've had to protect myself my whole life.. I've never been able to be soft like this," I practically whispered. "I'm so grateful that I.. killed you," I laughed gently and so did he. He bent his head to kiss my neck, probably the only area he could reach. So I moved my face and he kissed me softly. "Mmh," I smiled after he pulled away. "I wanna sleep on you. I want..." I trailed off, not sure what I wanted to say. I just felt all warm and fuzzy.

"Yeah?" Adrian chuckled, combing his cold fingers through my hair. I shivered. "By the way, how are you feeling from earlier?"

My face warmed. "I'm sore.." He laughed and nodded. "But otherwise I'm fine," I looked behind me, his grip tightening as I started slipping. "Snacks?" I looked at the candy and soda and the popcorn. "What are we watching?" I put my feet on the floor, Adrian looking a little reluctant to let go. I took the popcorn bowl to the couch and set it on the coffee table before going to grab a blanket while Adrian went to turn the lights off and grab the other snacks.

"Tenet, right?," he sat beside me after placing the things on the table and slipping under the blanket beside me.

"Oh right!" I looked up at him. "Okay, that's good. I want to watch that." My voice faltered at his expression. "Wh-What?"

"I just love when your eyes light up and you get all excited," he leaned down, nose touching mine now while my face warmed. "You're so cute," he smiled before leaning closer and kissing me. I kissed him back, grabbing onto his clothes gently.