I'll Be Seeing You {RadioDust}

Chapter 50

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Thursday, August 9th, 1923
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It was a good thing that Anthony and Alastor had gone to sleep early that night, what with their busy schedule for the next day.
Alastor was early to rise once again. That morning they had plans to pick up the dresses Anthony had ordered for his sister, so it was probably best that they got up.

With a groan, Alastor opened his tired eyes, body still groggy with sleep. As usual, Anthony was laid against his chest, face buried into him, still sound asleep.

It was bad that Anthony was sleeping in so much. This weird sleep schedule might end up following him back to New York which would be a recipe for disaster in itself.
Then again, Anthony was only sleeping like this because he had Alastor with him. As soon as he would have to go a night without his lover, he would probably have a lot of restless nights to follow.

As he heard Alastor groan, Anthony slowly started to come to; registering the chest that he was nestled into and feeling the warmth from it.
He gave a small hum of his own, pressing his cheek against his lover a little more.

Alastor simply wrapped his arms around the blonde tighter, letting his face rest upon the top of Anthony's head, eyes closing again. He was quite comfortable as it was.
"Bonjour mon amour, comment vas-tu?"
[Good morning, my love, how are you?]
He spoke tiredly, ending the muffled sentence with a kiss to the top of Anthony's head.

Anthony slowly and deeply inhaled as he was pulled further into the waking world by his lover's beautiful morning voice.
"Buon giorno, cuore mio..."
[Good morning, my heart...]
He sighed, finishing it with a kiss to Alastor's chest. He knew he was asked a question but he didn't know what it was, so he stuck with his greeting.

There was a short moment of silence, Alastor still waking himself up properly, yet he felt the kiss to his chest regardless, smiling against Anthony's head of soft hair.
"Tired?"
Alastor asked now, reaching for the covers and pulling them up over them a little more, almost covering Anthony.

The blonde slowly nodded, a smile coming up to his lips as he was buried further into his ultimate comfort.
"Time?"
He asked softly, eyes slowly peeling open but then closed again, still too heavy to be kept open.

Opening his eyes enough to see, Alastor squinted towards the clock on his wall, reading it and sighing in response.
"Nine."
He replied tiredly, rounding the time up since it was nearly nine. They certainly had slept a while, and given the time, Amélie had most likely already gone off to work.

"'Kay..."
Anthony replied with a small nod and let himself relax again. They still had time before they had to go and pick up the dresses and he wasn't sure when the carnival and circus would open up, but he could assume that nine was too early for it.

"We still have a while, my dear."
Alastor yawned softly, doing as Anthony did, the brunette relaxing a little more. From the sun that peeked in through the curtains, it looked to be a bright day outside. The circus performance wouldn't be until the late afternoon, and the carnival was always better at night, a fireworks display showing then too.
"Sleep well?"

Anthony nodded once more and made an effort to open his eyes again, slowly blinking to help his vision focus.
Taking another breath, he brought his gaze up to the man he was so comfortably close to with tired, puffy eyes and a smile.
"How 'bout you?"
He then asked, clearing his throat in hopes it wouldn't sound so raspy the next time he used his voice.