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Prompt fill for youleftme-clarke on tumblr 3
"I'm flattered you're jealous."
"Would you warm me up?"
Additional tags: established relationship, roommates, dogs, jealous!Bellamy
"So, we've been thinking," Monty said one night at the bar. Bellamy raised his eyebrow as everyone waited for him to carry on.
The Dropship was their local bar and they spent most Friday nights there, just catching up and drinking. Clarke was pressed into his side and Bellamy had a beer, so he was pretty content. He slung his arm around her shoulders and she leaned into his embrace. He smiled to himself as he pressed a kiss to her temple. Bellamy had worried that moving in together was too soon into their relationship, but things were going great so far and they couldn't be happier.
"We're getting a puppy!" Jasper announced excitedly. Cheers erupted around the table from their friends while Bellamy almost choked on his beer. Clarke shot him a worried look but he shook his head.
"Is that a good idea?" Bellamy asked as they pulled out their phones to show everyone pictures of puppies they were thinking of getting.
"Why wouldn't it be?" Monty asked as he showed his phone to Bellamy. He glanced down to see a video of a spaniel chasing its tail around a small yard. "Even you have to admit that's cute," Monty teased. Bellamy rolled his eyes but nodded anyway.
"Isn't there a clause in your apartment contract that says you can't have pets?" Clarke asked as she flicked through the pictures on Jasper phone.
"Pfft, that contract doesn't mean anything. Our landlord's really laid back," Jasper replied.
Soon enough everyone was happily cooing over videos of puppies and Bellamy gave in to the peer pressure and allowed himself to get swept up in the excitement.
Three months later, and Jasper and Monty's landlord wasn't "pretty laid back." Their landlord was a middle-aged woman who spent her money developing small apartments and selling them to students for extortionate prices. She usually stayed out of the way, choosing to come by once a year to check their apartment for faults before they renewed their contract. But when their hot water stopped working, and the boiler continued to make weird noises, Monty and Jasper were forced to call their landlord, who insisted on seeing the boiler for herself.
"I'm sure it'll just be for the day," Jasper promised as he carried a box of dog toys into their living room.
"Sorry," Bellamy said as Monty came in behind him. "What's going on?"
Monty and Jasper shared a quick look of horror and slowly turned their attention back to Bellamy.
"Uh, Clarke said…" Monty started looking around for Clarke.
"I said we'd look after Chopsticks while their landlord is over," Clarke told him as she carried a dog bed into their front room. Bellamy shot her a what the hell? Look, but she just shrugged in response. Seemingly dismissed, Monty and Jasper scarpered out of the front room to fetch the rest of Chopsticks' things from their car.
"Clarke, what the hell?" Bellamy asked once they'd left the room.
"I know," Clarke sighed as she sat down on their couch. "I should have asked you, but if they get found out their landlord will take Chopsticks off them, and you know I'm a sucker for literal puppy eyes!"
Bellamy sighed and sat down next to her.
"Fine," he grumbled half-heartedly. "But you're taking it out for walks."
Clarke laughed but hugged him excitedly anyway. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her temple. She sighed into his side and he looked around at their living room at all the boxes of dog stuff.
"How many toys does one dog need?" He voiced aloud as the boys came back in. Clarke chuckled as he continued to grumble about spoilt pets.
Dogsitting was difficult.
Bellamy had never had a dog; they couldn't afford one growing up and by the time he had his own apartment he was too busy with work to spare the time to housetrain a puppy. Despite not owning a dog, he actually loved them a lot, most of the time.
"Shit!" Bellamy exclaimed as he tripped over another dog toy in the hall. He heard Clarke chuckle as he made his way into the living room. Like he said, most of the time.
"Hey," she greeted and he gave her a tight smile. "How was work?"
He plopped down on the couch next to her and she nestled into his side.
"Turns out high school kids hate Caesar more than the senators did," he said leaning his head on top of hers.
"Is that even possible?" She asked with a chuckle and he smiled.
"How was your day?" He asked.
"Okay," she shrugged. "I spent most of the day chasing Chopsticks around the park."
Chopsticks chose that moment to bound into the living room. She barked excitedly and Bellamy grinned down at the dog. She'd grown a lot in the three months since Jasper and Monty got her, but she was still as excited as ever.
Bellamy leant down to scratch her ears and coo over her. She jumped up into his lap and he stroked her head and she wagged her tail excitedly.
Later on, Bellamy and Clarke were sat on the couch together watching TV. Chopsticks had settled herself on Bellamy's lap and Clarke was leaning her head on his shoulder.
"You spend all day with a dog, and she chooses to sleep on your boyfriend instead," Clarke said sarcastically. Bellamy chuckled and glanced to look at her face. The light from the TV cast a blue glow on her face and she saw a small pout on her face.
"Are you jealous of a dog?" He teased and she rolled her eyes.
"Shut up," she grumbled, biting her lip to stop from smiling. "I'm just saying, if anyone deserves to be warmed up, it's me." Bellamy couldn't contain his laughter and Chopsticks popped her head up.
"Well, I'm flattered you're jealous," Bellamy said solemnly and Clarke lightly hit his shoulder. He pressed a quick kiss to her lips and she rolled her eyes but smiled up a him.
Clarke reached down to stroke Chopsticks' ears and she put her head back down and fell back asleep in Bellamy's lap.
As much as Bellamy grumbled about the toys everywhere and the fact that he'd seen more dog pee than he ever wanted to, he was sad to see Chopsticks go. After two weeks of living in Clarke and Bellamy's care, Monty and Jasper's apartment was finally ready for them to move back into.
"Was she good?" Jasper asked as the puppy bounded her way over to him.
"She was great," Clarke replied smiling down at the dog.
"I'm sorry it took so long, turns out we needed a new boiler and it took forever to fit," Monty explained as he bent down to pick up their dog. Bellamy smiled as she yipped and licked his face.
"She was no trouble," Bellamy insisted and Jasper gave him a grin.
"So, if we need dogsitters in the future…?" Jasper asked and Bellamy gave him a pointed look.
"Don't push it."
"Worth a shot," Jasper said with a shrug.
The house seemed quiet without Chopsticks running around and sniffing everything. They sat on the couch after dinner, watching the news and Bellamy felt a shiver run down his back.
"Is it cold in here?" He asked, looking over to check the window was closed.
"Bell," Clarke said with a laugh. "It's been the same all week."
Bellamy frowned, he hadn't been this cold a few days ago. Then in dawned on him. The last few days he'd had his own personal heater sitting in his lap all night and now Chopsticks was back at home with Jasper and Monty he was missing the warmth she provided.
When he explained this to Clarke she laughed and snuggled into his side.
"You miss her," she teased and he grumbled in return.
She moved back from him and he frowned at the loss of contact.
"You want me to warm you up?" She asked in a sultry voice as she looked at him from under her lashes. Turns out, dogsitting was tiring work and he and Clarke hadn't had much alone time while looking after Chopsticks. Bellamy smirked at her before pulling her close again.
He pressed a slow kiss to her lips and she melted into him. She smiled into the kiss and brought her hands up to wind her fingers through his hair. He sighed into the kiss as he brought his hands to her waist.
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