Law woke up feeling warm and drowsy, and his sleepy mind wondered why that was when he remembered that he had fallen asleep on the ground in the living room. He'd been thinking too much about what he'd just done to Rocinante to really think about going back to his room to sleep the rest of the night.
Something warm shifted next to the dark haired surgeon, and Law merely readjusted so that he could get more of that warmth. Although the more he began to wake up, the more Law realized that he wasn't lying on the carpet anymore. He was back on something soft, likely a bed, which meant that the warmth he was curled up to was…
"Good morning, Law."
Law stilled as he felt an arm drape over his waist to hold him closer to the heat, and the surgeon realized that it was Rocinante himself that was the source of that warmth. Law twitched as he felt the blond kiss his nose lightly, before bumping foreheads with him. And Rocinante remained that way as he spoke in an amused tone.
"Do you always tire yourself out like that when you're embarrassed about something?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, Cora." Law did, but he wasn't going to admit it aloud, and he was sure that Rocinante knew it, because the other man merely settled close and hugged him snugly.
And kissed him again.
Law turned his head to ty and join in, but Rocinante merely continued to smile and nosed along the side of the surgeon's throat. Law wondered if the blond was trying to get him to admit that his cleaning spree and later exhaustion was because of his earlier actions, but the dark haired man was stubborn and refused to admit it, no matter what.
"About last night…did you really learn all that from a book?" Rocinante kissed Law between jaw and ear, which drew forth a small gasp. "Where can I find it?"
"Do you have to work today?" Law asked evasively. He would have said that yes, he'd learned most of what he'd done from books and experimenting, as he had admitted the night before. But he was distracted by the feather light kisses to really form coherent sentences at present. Law tried not to think too much about Rocinante's reactions to his touch, or he to the blond's, because the surgeon wasn't ready to think about that until the other man wasn't around. He needed a rational mind to ponder those kind of things.
"Not unless I get called in. And if you don't remember, you said the same for your schedule today." Rocinante said sofly as he nuzzled his face into the crook of Law's neck and breathed out. "So I can cuddle with you all morning, if you would let me."
"…I do recall saying something like that." Law hedged, mainly because he was fairly certain that he had made mention of his schedule, though trying to get dinner ready and the house ready had taken up most of his thoughts. Law still wasn't sure about the previous night, but his uncertainties were lessened by the fact that Rocinante was as happy as ever to be in his presence. But for Rocinante to admit that he wanted to 'cuddle' was a bit...
"Law?" Rocinante's voice had dropped to a whisper against the side of his throat.
"Hm?" Law shifted so that he was more comfortable on his back as Rocinante held him in a loose hug. "What is it?" Law twitched as the blond leaned back to peck him on the cheek, before Rocinante offered a gentle smile.
"I love you."
Law averted his gaze as Rocinante slowly encroached on his personal space until he was up against Law's side.
There was a short silence, before the blond haired officer spoke again.
"I don't mind how long you take to figure things out." Rocinante was obviously referring to the previous night as he nuzzled along the side of Law's throat again. "You did make me very happy, Law, but you didn't have to do that if you weren't comfortable with it."
"It was fine." Law said shortly as he relaxed a little. "If I didn't let my mind catch up to me, I was fine." The surgeon hesitated for a moment, before he decided to answer one of Rocinante's earlier questions. "I did learn most of what I did from books, although I did make some improvisations. Like looking at your face instead of your-"
"L…Law." Rocinante stuttered as the cut the surgeon off. "How can you talk about that in such a calm way?"
"Law?" Their nice, relaxing atmosphere was broken as Shachi called from the other side of the bedroom door. "Did you two finally do it? Is that why you were passed out in the living room earlier and your blond haired officer had to go bring you back to your room?"
"Go away, Shachi!" Law said in a raised voice, even though he couldn't hide the embarrassment that seeped into his words.
"I guess not, but you must have done something for you to go on a cleaning rampage like that."
"Shachi!"
"Ok, ok, I'm going."
Law realized belatedly that he had lifted himself up via bracing his hands on Rocinante's chest. After the dark haired surgeon glanced down and saw the other man's smile, he wasn't quite sure what to do. So Law settled for staring at Rocinante instead as he waited for him to do something.
"Having trouble?" Rocinante asked in amusement, before he reached up and gently tugged Law's arms so that the dark hared surgeon collapsed against his chest. And brought them nearly face to face in the process, which Rocinante immediately took advantage of to kiss him on the cheek.
"C…Cora." Law wondered if it was a plan between his roommates and Rocinante to see just how much they could embarrass him. But any further protest died down as Law felt Rocinante's fingers dig into the stiff muscles in his shoulders. The dark haired surgeon settled heavily against the other man's chest and closed his eyes as he enjoyed the muscles being worked on. Law let out a faint sigh. "Hmmn. Where did you learn to do massages?"
"Someone in the office suggested it since there are high level stressors in the police station more often than not." Rocinante responded absently as he moved his fingers along. "I just learned a little because not a lot of the staff bothered to do so."
The atmosphere in the bedroom became relaxed again as Law was lulled into a light doze by Rocinante's impromptu massage, and the warmth coming from the other man. Law heard Rocinante say something, but ended up falling back asleep instead, though he was calmer than he had been since the previous night.
Law was unaware that Rocinante merely turned over on the bed with him and snuggled up against the dark haired surgeon before he too dozed off to sleep part of the morning away.
