Disclaimer: Still not mine.
A/N: I was going for a slightly different mood with this, I think... No idea if I succeeded, though xD Hope you enjoy!
Coffee
Ben yawned heartily and stretched his arms over his head. He had been sitting in his office at Liverpool Street for almost three days straight, with hardly a break after returning from a rather taxing mission in Italy, doing paperwork. As much as he loved his job, he sometimes wished it involved less paper pushing. Really, couldn't Smithers invent some gadget to deal with all the forms to be signed, reports to be written and statements to be looked over?
Ben threw a small, longing glance in the direction of his paper shredder, then he resumed his work. If he did it quickly, he could finish in two and a half hours, visit Alex in his office four doors down the corridor and help him with his paperwork on that mission in Lithuania he had returned from just yesterday. And after that, they would be able to relax together, he thought with an affectionate smile.
A long hour later had Ben frustrated over a statement some over-worked secretary had typed up with seemingly no regards to orthography whatsoever. There went his plans for the night. And he was in desperate need for either sleep or caffeine, too.
Alex entered without knocking, carrying two steaming cups like a sanctum. He sat on Ben's desk casually, somehow managing not to crumple any of the godforsaken paperwork.
"Hey," he said tiredly, leaning to the side and putting one of the cups down in front of Ben. The movement made the dog tags he was wearing over his dark shirt clink together. Ben watched the evening light catch and dance on the little metal plates, one depicting the head of a snake, the other engraved with the letters BD. A small smile stole onto his face at the sight.
"I come bearing gifts. Thought you might need some coffee. I know I do." Alex announced quietly, but his hoarse voice seemed loud in the silence that was only disturbed by the constant buzzing of the air conditioning system and the occasional footsteps passing by in the hallway despite the late hour.
A smirk formed on Alex's lips. "It's just like you like your men. - Incredibly hot, rather strong and not quite as sweet as toffee," he declared with a wink and Ben raised a sceptical eyebrow, cautiously taking a sip from his cup. He wryly noticed that it was more bitter than sweet. "It's perfect," he sighed contently and put the cup down again. Grabbing the chain of the dog tags, he pulled Alex down for a sloppy, coffee-tasting kiss.
"Thanks. You're the best," he muttered huskily before letting their lips meet. He could feel the fatigue that had been pulling on his shoulders lift when Alex responded enthusiastically, placing the hand that was not cradling his own coffee on his neck, thumb ghosting over that spot just below his ear, evoking a light shudder. They soon added some teeth and tongue to the game, paperwork strewn about the table, forgotten.
"What? No smart remark?" Ben demanded with a chuckle when they separated, faces less than an inch from each other and breathing a bit more heavily. He vaguely felt Alex shrug and could see the desire shining through the weariness in his eyes. "Nah," the teen said in a dismissive tone, adjusting his position on the desk slightly so he was more comfortable before he leant in again. "I'm feeling a little tongue-tied."
A/N: Cyber cookies and coffee for those who caught the reference to the song "Coffee" by Supersister xP