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project (scomark)

Mark loves to cuddle.

He's never one to sacrifice even a second of sleepy cuddles with Scott, each and every morning, begging him to stay in bed a little longer.

Which is why it's so weird to Scott when he wakes up and Mark isn't in bed.

He thinks he must be in the bathroom, but too much time has passed for it to be a trip to the bathroom, and then Scott is getting up, but it's cold.

He decides he's taking the blanket with him, wrapping it around him to bring some of the warmth back as he goes and looks for Mark.

He's not in the bathroom. He's not in the office. Scott doesn't know why he checks the piano but he's not there either.

It's when he walks into the kitchen that he sees him. Sitting on one of the barstools at the counter, staring at his laptop.

"Baby?" Scott mumbles, and Mark jolts as if shocked. "Baby, what are you doing awake?"

Mark looks up and sees Scott's messy hair, sleepy eyes, the blanket wrapped around him, and the pout on his face and can't help but smile at how adorable he is.

"Hi, sweetheart," Mark stands up, "I forgot to get some of my research done," he walks over to Scott. "What are you doing awake?"

"You weren't in bed," Scott pouts. "Got cold. Missed you."

Mark looks at Scott with pure adoration and kisses him quickly. "I'm all done now, angel. Let's go back to bed."

Scott smiles at that, making sure Mark is walking ahead of him (because why even go back to bed if he's not even cuddling with Mark?) and they both get back into bed.

Scott cuddles close to Mark and Mark is happy to squeeze his arms around him. "Goodnight, my love."

"Goodnight, Marky."

•

The next week, Scott wakes up as Mark is getting out of bed.

"Stay," Scott mumbles.

"Can't," Mark kisses Scott's forehead. "I'm working on a project, babe."

A project? What kind of project? What the hell?

"Can you do it in bed?" Scott slurs. He's not sure if Mark can even understand him.

"I'll be in the living room. You go back to sleep, angel."

Scott pouts again, and Mark kisses his pouting lips, before leaving the room.

Scott doesn't fall back asleep. It isn't for another hour or so, when Mark comes back.

"Sweetheart, you didn't go back to bed?"

Scott shakes his head. "Missed you."

Mark climbs back into bed. "I'm here now."

"This project is stupid," Scott mumbles.

"I know," Mark agrees. "It'll be done soon."

"It's for work?" Scott clarifies.

"Yeah," Mark says. "Back to sleep, babe. Love you."

"Love you."

•

Scott walks in the door with groceries, and Mark looks up at him, alarmed, and quickly shuts his laptop.

"Hey, baby," Scott says, unsure what to think.

"Uh, hi, Scotty," Mark blushes. "I was just working."

"That stupid project again?" Scott asks.