Day twenty five of my OTP Challenge, and today's theme is 'Writing together'.
Type: Modern RL AU
Theme: Writing together.
Pairing: Gratsu
Natsu lay sprawled out on the couch, his back against the armrest and his laptop resting on his legs, which were in turn resting on Gray's lap. Gray sat on the other side if the couch, his laptop resting on the armrest beside him. Both of their deadlines were in a week, and they still had sixty thousand more words to write, each.
"Hey," Natsu said suddenly, frowning as he looked across the couch at Gray. "How do you quote movie titles again?"
Gray paused in his furious typing and frowned. "I think... you italicize them."
"Right. Thanks." And Natsu went back to typing again.
A moment later Gray asked, "Which one sounds better; 'The stars were glowing like a million silver fireflies,' or, 'The silver stars were glowing like a million fireflies'?"
"The stars were glowing like a million silver fireflies," Natsu answered immediately.
They went back to typing for a long while, sometimes breaking the silence by asking a question or getting up to get something. Natsu loved days like this, when they were writing together in complete silence. It worked well for both of them, and it was very calming.
It was nearing night when Gray finished his sixty thousand and closed his laptop screen with a contented sigh, stretching his arms above his head. "Finnnaaalllly."
He peered over at Natsu, whose brow was furrowed as he typed. Gray crawled closer and leaned against Natsu's shoulder, glancing down at his screen. "How many words do you have left?" he asked.
"Fifteen thousand," Natsu sighed, running a hand through his already messed hair.
Gray snuggled closer to him and rested his hand on Natsu's back, rubbing calming circles there. "I'll stay with you until you're done. Oh, hey, you need a space there."
"Thanks," Natsu said, adding the space before turning to plant a kiss on Gray's lips.
So Natsu finished writing, finally, and by then Natsu was so tired, Gray had to scoop the smaller boy up and carry him to bed, where they crashed and slept soundly through the rest of the night.