Reese had screwed up.
Not like it was a surprise to anyone. In fact, it was so unexpected that Lois had already been planning this punishment special for months. Since kicking him out just never seemed to work, Lois decided that instead of kicking him out, locking him in was the far worse deal.
And that it was.
10 hours into his punishment, and Reese had been whining, clawing, and kicking at their bathroom door that had been blocked with whatever heavy crap they could find. And Malcolm's punishment for being alive was having to listen to it. All. Night. Long.
Malcolm tossed over in his bed, using one end of his pillow to cover up one of his ears. So much whining. So much Reese. He felt a pang of guilt in his heart. It wasn't Malcolm's problem that Reese was in huge fucking trouble, again, so there was no reason why Malcolm should have to feel guilty about the consequences, right?
It was at this point Malcolm decided he had had enough.
He walked over to their shared bathroom and tapped lightly on the part that wasn't covered in boxes and broken furniture.
"Reese?"
"Malcolm? Is that you? It seems like it's been so long since I've heard someone..."
Malcolm rolled his eyes. "It's been 10 hours, Reese. Man up."
"The only things I'm able to do are masturbate and shower, and clearly I'm not doing the second one... it's getting boring..."
Blushing, Malcolm tried to think of anything that wasn't Reese masturbating. Puppies. Dewey in the next bed over. Beds. Sharing beds. Reese. Reese masturbating-
"Okay, okay, too much information," he said quickly, "but you need to shut up. Seriously. I can't get to sleep."
"But I can't sleep either," Reese complained. "I'm trapped in here and nothing is soft and comfortable."
"Well, that's your own damn fault, now isn't it?"
Reese moaned again, and sighing, Malcolm knew that Reese was definitely not going to shut up, nor were the sounds he was making doing him any favors, so he pushed whatever he could out of the way, opened the door slightly, and motioned for Reese to get out.
"Just so you know, I'm locking you back in here in an hour."