Sleep Deprived

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Matthias woke to the sound of a drawer loudly slamming in his house, the culprit obviously letting it swing back into place without a care. His heart pounded, for the sound was extremely loud, and he had been lightly sleeping for a while at that point.

He sat up in bed, lazily looking around him with heavy eyelids. The spot next to him was empty. Mark wasn't there.

"Aw jeez." Matt thought to himself, rubbing his face with his hand. His partner had been doing the exact same thing every night: staying up late every night, slowly sending him deeper into sleep deprivation. He could always tell that he was getting worse from the bags under his eyes and the way he mumbled when he spoke, even though he tried in vain to hide it. He kept telling himself that he would have to do something about it, and this night was the final straw for him.

Ripping the sheets off of his body, he stood up on wobbly knees, and walked out the door to his bedroom. The cold air in the home washed over his bare chest, his legs sheathed by a pair of dark blue, baggy night-pants that were worn after being used for so many nights.

Walking through the hall, he could see that a light had been turned on in the kitchen, so know he knew that he would be in there. Reaching the end of the passage, he peeked around the corner, the light burning his eyes that had not yet adjusted to the light, to see Mark holding a milk carton, pouring it into a cup.

No. He was pouring it right next to the cup, missing it completely.

"Mark?" He asked in a weak tone, startling the other anyways. His partner nearly threw the carton of milk at him while letting out a scream of terror, whipping around to stare at him with wide-open eyes. It scared Matthias too, who took a couple steps back. The thing that scared him more, though, was Mark's appearance.

His pink hair was un-kept and it was sticking out everywhere, hanging over his face a little bit. The circles under his eyes were worse now, and his brown orbs just had a sense of exhaustion now. The baggy pants he had put on before Matt had gone to bed were hanging down a bit, and the tank top that covered his chest was wrinkled in some places.

He lowered the milk and let his eyes droop again, letting a sigh escape his lips while he stared at Matt. "Jesus Matt, don't fucking scare me like that."

Matt's straight line of his lip turned slightly downwards. He didn't like it when Mark used such foul language. "Why are you up so late?" He asked, raising his hand up slightly and squinting his eyes.

His partner turned around and set the milk down on the counter, noticing the mess he had made. "Because I can't sleep." He mumbled, taking a roll of paper towels that were placed on the end of the counter, ripping some off and placing them on the white substance.

"Oh yeah. You couldn't sleep after about five days of barely sleeping at all." He retaliated, shaking his head while Mark refused to look at him. "I find that hard to believe."

"It's just-" Mark struggled to put words together as he threw the wet paper towels into the trashcan. "It's like my body won't let me go to sleep. I try but I can't."

"Well what if I help you sleep? You know like just hold you or something?" Mark turned around, raising an eyebrow mockingly. Even if he was dying of no sleep, he could still be the comedic bastard that Matthias had come to love.

"Really? I'd like to see you try." He snorted, putting his hands on his hips as he stood in the kitchen light. Smirking, Matt walked forward and wrapped his arms around the other's waist, resting his forehead against theirs.

"Is that a challenge, Markimoo?" He said, referring to the name that Jack always used to call him. Mark frowned at the name, because he only tolerated the Irish saying it to him, and was still getting used to his partner calling him these names.

"I guess." He mumbled once again, looking to the side.

Chuckling, Matthias kissed his forehead, and let go of his waist, but soon grabbed his hand to lead him to the bedroom. Mark was struggling to keep up, for he could feel him stumbling a few times down the hall.

Entering the room, Matt turned around and guided him to bed, laying him down before making his way to the other side to climb in. Now, the two partners were still getting used to living with each other, having only confessed to each other a couple weeks earlier about their feelings for one another, they hadn't tried to cuddle in bed yet. That just made this moment all the more special for their relationship.

Pulling the covers over him, he looked over to see Mark already settled and turned away from him. Grinning, he scooted closer to him, wrapping his arms around his waist and pulling him closer to where his chest was pressing against his back.

"I still don't think-" A yawn interrupted his sentence, causing Matt to giggle and dig his nose into the other's neck.

"I'm sure you'll be asleep in ten minutes." He whispered against Mark's neck, feeling goosebumps erupt on his skin.

Later, just as he was about to drift off, a particularly loud snore ripped him from his light sleep, and he looked over to find Mark's eyes closed, a peaceful look on his face. Sighing in relief, he pecked him on the cheek and fell into a deep slumber, holding the other protectively in his arms.

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