Jim woke up in the night and half remembered what had happened. He got up in search of Seb. He found him on the sofa. He looked at him for a while and went to lie next to him. He wrapped his arms around Seb and fell back asleep. Seb woke up in the morning and saw Jim next to him, he felt sick and had a thumping headache but ignored it, not wanting to spoil the moment. Jim felt Seb move slightly and slowly woke up. He opened his eyes slightly to see if Seb was awake, not wanting to wake him if he wasn't. Seb saw him open his eyes,
"Morning boss..." he mumbled nervously. Jim nuzzled his head into Seb's chest in reply. Seb sighed in relief and stroked his hair. Jim smiled to himself.
"I was scared you'd be angry..." Seb murmured. Jim heard the low rumble of Seb's voice in his chest.
"I'm not angry Tiger."
"I know that now... But I was scared you might be." Jim looked up into Seb's eyes. Seb leant down and kissed his forehead. Jim closed his eyes. Seb smiled.
"Come on baby, I have work to do cleaning up this flat..." Jim whined.
"No really Jimmy, this place stinks..." Seb said, smiling softly, knowing if Jim didn't want him to go he wouldn't be going anywhere, he'd quite happily stay curled up with Jim all day.
"We can buy more air freshener Sebby-Bear."
"Sebby-bear?" Seb asked, chuckling.
"Yes Sebby-Bear." Jim was starting to use a five year old's voice.
"You can't just cover everything in air freshener. Anyway, we need to talk... About your drinking." Jim hid his head under a cushion. Seb pulled the cushion off,
"I'm serious Jim, I'm not having an alcoholic...boyfriend." Jim tried to roll off the sofa but Seb held onto him.
"Let gooo." Jim moaned.
"No. Talk to me. Why do you do it?" Jim put his face in his hands. Seb stroked his cheek,
"Talk to me Jimmy-cub." Jim turned to face Seb.
"Please..." Seb said, kissing his forehead again.
"I don't want to." Jim said pathetically.
"Well I want you to. Please Jim... I...I love you."
"And I love you but..."
"But what?" Jim looked at Seb, holding him with his gaze.
"I don't like talking about it."
"I know it's hard Jim, honestly I do... But... My dad was an alcoholic... It killed him and I can't bear to see you go the same way."
"I won't. I'll stop. I promise. I just don't want to talk about it." Seb nodded,
"I'm here if you need me, baby."
"I know. I'll tell you sometime but not now. Ok?"
"Yeah... Now come on, get up, I'm cleaning this place up." Jim shook his head.
"I want to stay here." Suddenly Seb had a wicked idea, he wrapped Jim up in his arms and stood up, holding Jim above the ground easily. Jim wrapped his legs possessively around Seb's waist. Seb smiled and leant down to pick up the bottles and cans from all over the floor, trying to ignore the small man clinging to him. Jim smiled knowing that he'd won. Suddenly Seb twisted Jim round, so he was clinging to his back rather than his front.
"Nah!" Jim cried out surprised. Seb chuckled,
"I can't do it with you dangling in front of me!" Jim just rested his head on Seb's neck. Seb smiled and carried on clearing up.
"Am I heavy?"
"No, you're way too light."
"You're way too tall." Jim said with a smirk.
"I know." All of a sudden Jim jumped of Seb's back landing with a thump and ran to the bathroom.
"Oh god..." Seb ran after Jim, suddenly feeling sick himself. Jim walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen.
"Don't worry I'm just getting water!" Seb leant over the toilet and threw up.
Jim walked to Seb and gave him a glass of water and stroked his hair. Seb sat up.
"My head hurts..." he whined. Jim sat next to him and kissed him softly on the forehead.
"It'll go soon, Tiger."
"D'you have any painkillers?" He muttered, standing up.
"Yeah I do." Jim went to get them for Seb.
Seb groaned as he stood up.
"Damn alcohol..." Jim returned with the painkillers.
"Thanks..." Seb took two and got back to cleaning the flat. Jim smiled.
"Do you want any help Bastian?" he offered thinking it was a nice thing to do.
"It' fine boss, I can do it." Seb said, going back to being buissness like.
"You can stop with the boss and stuff Bas."
"I'd rather not, I know my place." Jim went to wrap his arms around Seb's neck. Seb sighed and carried on working.
"What's up Sebby-Bear?"
"I work for you... I gotta do my job."
"Just relax for today. Please?" Jim whined.
"We'll never get anything done if you keep letting me off..." Jim pouted.
"But then again... maybe I could take just one day off..." The corner's of Jim's mouth twitched upwards.
"But.. Maybe not..." Seb teased. Jim batted Seb playfully. Seb chuckled and pinned him down on the floor easily. Jim struggled ever so slightly but knew that Seb was too strong. Seb laughed again,
"D'you give up?"
"You know I do! I'm not that strong!" Jim laughed.
"Try..." Seb said, "Try your absolute hardest..." Jim struggled a bit more until he was out of breath. Seb chuckled and flipped it over so Jim was pinning him down.
"Well this position won't last long with your muscles!"
"Put your hands on my shoulder and transfer all your weight to your hands." Seb instructed. Jim did as Seb told him and put all his weight on his hands. Seb stuggled weakly,
"See, told you you could do it!"
"You're not trying properly!" Jim laughed.
"Yeah OK I'm not..." Seb pushed him off easily "But if you worked out then you could do it..."
"I'm not working out. I tried it last year and it wasn't good."
"You just have to stick to it..."
"I'm not good with sticking to most things. I find it hard."
"Yeah I s'pose..." Jim cuddled up to Seb. Seb smiled and stroked his hair.
"Seb?"
"Yeah?"
"I'll talk about the drinking." Seb looked at him expectantly.
"Well, firstly, I'm living alone because...Well...I was kicked out..." Jim started to trail off so the end of the sentence was quiet. He did it subconsciously, trying to hide it because he was ashamed. Seb hugged him close.
"Oh my god... I'm so sorry Jim." Jim welcomed the hug.
"It isn't your fault Sebby. That's why I wanted you to move in because I liked living with my family but then all of a sudden I was alone. That's when I turned to the drink. I had tried alcohol before but I was only experimenting with the taste like lots of people do when they're teenagers..." Seb nodded,
"I couldn't wait to leave home... my mother always expected too much of me... After Dad died I was expected to do everything... she wouldnt get a job or anything, I had to do everything just to keep myself alive."
"I understand Seb... Thank you for contacting me Sebby. Everyone always ignored me so I just carried on. You'll help me though,won't you?"
"Of course I will baby!" Seb cuddled Jim closer.
"Thank you. I love you Seb. You're the first I have ever loved and felt loved back..." Jim started crying. Seb held him close, determined not to cry in front of Jim.
"I-I'm sorry Sebby-Bear."
"Hey, what you sorry for?"
"For me crying on you like this and being an idiotic drunk who can't look after himself."
"I don't mind... I'm glad you trust me enough to be able to... I love you." Jim nuzzled his head into Seb's chest as if to hide from everything. He breathed in Seb's scent and felt calmer. Seb smiled and cradled Jim's head. Jim's breathing slowed as he calmed down. He lifted his head away to look at Seb, fixing him with his stare. Seb held his stare and smiled slightly.
"You like my eyes don't you?" Jim asked with a small smirk.
"They're hypnotising..." Seb admitted. Jim blushed and tilted his head down slightly.

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