A/N: And here's the story I was talking about for the short drabbles. Yeah, I know I said I wasn't gonna do this, but it just feels so weird posting stories that are just 500 words. And really difficult to come up with a summary for them.
"Lucy…" Natsu whined from their bed.
Silence.
"Luuucccyyyy…" Natsu whined again.
More silence.
"Lucy!"
"WHAT?"
"Come cuddle!"
Lucy groaned from her desk as she rubbed her face in her palms. "I'm busy, Natsu! I told you I was gonna be working on my book tonight!"
"But it's so late and I wanna cuddle!" Why couldn't she just come to bed? He'd been on a job with ice prick all day and had been really looking forward to cuddle time with his wife, but she'd been at her desk for hours, practically ignoring him, and from what Natsu could tell, she hadn't gotten much done.
Lucy sighed. "Natsu, I just really want to get this done. I'm having a writing block and I'm just really trying to get past it." She sighed again, and Natsu noticed a painful undertone with the sound. He knew how she got when she was stuck at writing. He'd seen her like it several times. And what she needed was to just get some sleep.
Lucy heard the mattress creak as Natsu stood up, and before she could turn around or question what he was doing, she felt his heated hands pressing into her shoulders. She hadn't even realized how tense they were, but the warmth from his hands was quickly melting the pain away as he massaged her.
She groaned. "Fuuuucckkkk, I needed that, Honey…" she felt her pen slip from her fingers as she leaned back against her husband.
"Hm, I could tell…" As Natsu pressed his thumbs into the muscles on her back, Lucy felt him start purring. It was a common occurrence when they cuddled.
Lucy's eyes shot open.
"Wait. Are you just doing this to get me to come to bed with you?"
"Maybe." Natsu chuckled. "Is it working?"
Lucy grumbled under her breath. "Just let me-!"
"Come to bed," Natsu urged with a stern voice.
"You go to bed," Lucy retorted so cleverly.
"Not without you, Sweetie. It's past midnight and you're at a block. It's time for bed and you can work on it tomorrow, okay?"
Lucy sighed, knowing he was right. She wasn't getting anywhere more tonight in this book. But it was so frustrating! She'd only added all of two sentences! Lucy groaned as she pushed her chair back from the desk.
"Fine!" She stood up, and all the weariness she'd been ignoring through the night suddenly caught up to her, causing her to stumble. She would've fallen were it not for her husband's strong arms catching her.
"Falling for me again, Luce?"
"Oh shut up."
A/N: I've got a big batch of drabbles I'm posting here in the next few minutes, so yeah...
Thank you for reading!