It was almost midnight, but Alexander and Hephaestion was still sitting on the couch watching Netflix.
Neither of them complained about staying up so late, as they were both used to going to bed late at night to work.
They didn't feel the need to talk. The silence between them wasn't awkward, but quite comforting instead. For quite a long while, the only things that could be heard were the show playing and Alexander munching on chips.
Hephaestion curled up his legs on the couch and placed one his elbows on his knees, with his chin on his palm. With a yawn, Alexander stretched his arms and held it up behind him for a few seconds before letting it drop onto Hephaestion's shoulder.
Hephaestion look at Alexander an eyebrow raised, clearly amused. Alexander looked back at him and chuckled, "Cheesy, huh?"
"Definitely," laughing, Hephaestion leaned in and allowed his head to rest on Alexander's chest, "but I love it."
Alexander let out a breathless laughter at this and slided his arm down Hephaestion's shoulder to his waist. He lied down on the sofa, so Hephaestion was lying on top of him. He gently kissed the other male's hair as who hummed happily in response and listened to the other male's heartbeat. It was steady and soothing, like the sound of heavy raindrops hitting the window on a Saturday evening.
Hephaestion inhaled the scent of Alexander while he wrapped his arms around Alexander's neck. To be fair, the two of them smelled almost the same, wood, fresh grass and lemon, probably because they had always been using the same brand of shower gel and shampoo. Hephaestion doubted if Alexander had ever noticed this though.
Another interesting thing Hephaestion had noticed was unlike himself, Alexander carried a faint smell of sweat. Maybe this was because of the fact that Alexander didn't care about cleanliness as much as Hephaestion did, but it didn't matter, Hephaestion just loved this little difference between the way they smelled.
Hephaestion felt Alexander playing with his hair, so he looked up and saw the blonde twirling one of his long, hickory locks around his fingers with his free hand. A frown climbed up to Hephaestion's eyebrows. He was the older one, after all, and he didn't like to be treated like a doll.
He tried to push Alexander's hand away and, of course, he failed to protest. Groaning, he surrendered. Alexander grinned at his little vicotry while Hephaestion, despite being annoyed by his childish action, couldn't help but smile back. He nuzzled his boyfriend's chest for a few seconds before turning his head to the television screen and focusing back on the show.
By the time the next episode started, Alexander had fallen asleep. Hearing him snore, Hephaestion looked up and realized he was sleeping. Alexander looked angelic when he was asleep. His face looked relaxed, and his eyelashes looked longer than usual when his eyes were closed. Hephaestion felt himself lifted up the corner of his lips when he lovingly ran his fingertips across the edge of Alexander's jaw. And what a fine jaw it was! Hephaestion was glad that he got to cuddle with such a gorgeous man, and he had a feeling that Alexander felt the same way about him too.
Sighing blissfully, he allowed his head to rest on Alexander's chest again. Without noticing it, he shut his eyes closed and eventually fell asleep too.