A/N: Hello all, I'm back with another story! And no, this isn't meant to be crack, though if you do end up viewing it that way, I won't blame you. You're probably wondering how I came up with this. Well, it all sort of started when I was reading Ace/Snake and then got the brilliant idea to ship Ace with my second-favourite GGG member: Arturo. This was originally posted on AO3 until I decided to post it here as well. Hope you all enjoy!
Arturo's hand was cool on Ace's. His hand also fit perfectly into his palm, it was that small. But then again, they didn't call him Lil' Arturo for nothing. He was so short that if he and Ace wanted to hold hands properly, then Ace had to be sitting or kneeling.
Right now, the two were sitting on the front porch, watching the sun sink behind the numerous piles of garbage. The other three were inside the shack doing god knows what.
Ace began absentmindedly rubbing circles on the back of Arturo's hand with his thumb. Almost immediately, he felt warmth press against his lower arm as Arturo leaned in closer to him.
"It's nice out, ain't it?" Ace said, looking down at him.
"Sí," was the sleepy reply.
Ace laughed a little. "Tired?"
"Mmn."
"I'm not."
"That's 'cause you drank a ton of Power Animal today."
Ace laughed again and playfully nudged him, though it was probably true. Power Animal was probably the most potent energy drink around. He wasn't tired in the slightest, even though he'd drank the stuff earlier in the morning.
On the flip side, Arturo was ready to drop any second now. Ace took the time to wrap his arm around him, encircling him with the warmth of his arm.
Arturo appreciated that, and he mumbled "you're so warm..."
And when Ace felt his boyfriend lean into him once more, resting his head against his hip, they both let out a content sigh in the cool twilight air.
