Summary: Your name is Kankri Vantas and you want this to last forever
Day Two: Cuddling somewhere
Rating: No content warnings

There's a warmth surrounding you that, just a few months ago, you never would have imagined you would enjoy. It's not just from your sweater, or the heat that's been turned up in the apartment to combat the harsh winter air. You know that it's mostly from the broad chest that your head is resting on, and the strong arms around your waist.

You bury your nose in his shoulder and just take in his rich, dark smell. His cologne mixes so strangely with the cigarette smoke and his own natural smell. You just can't help but to want the scent to envelop you everywhere you go. But right now it has. You're in his apartment, on his bed and laying on top of him.

This is the most comfortable you been in a long time. You feel him shift beneath you as he breathes and you wrap your arms around him. For a while you lay there, legs wrapped together and breathing in sync. But then he clears him throat and shifts uncomfortably. You look up at him. "Cronus?"

He smiles down at you. "Uh, sorry babe, I gotta piss."

You frown at him. "Cronus..."

"Yeah, language, sorry..." He swallows. "But really, babe, I gotta get up for just a sec. I'll be back." You sigh and roll off of him. He braces himself above you and presses a kiss to your forehead. "Back in a few." He rolls of the bed and walks out of the room.

For a few minutes you lay in the same position but then sit up and wrap yourself around one of his pillows. You bury your nose in it and take in his smell again.

Before long you drift off to a dreamless sleep. You wake up still sitting up, but with Cronus's head in your lap. He nestles against your stomach your stomach and smiles up at you when he feels you shifting. "Hey babe.?"

You groan and rub at your eyes. "How long was I asleep?"

"You were out for about an hour. Have a nice nap?"

You rest an arm on him and groan again. "No I can't really say that it was particularly nice, though waking up with you here was." You smile down at him.

He wraps his arms around your waist and pulls you close. "Yeah, well, having you here any time is amazing."

You can feel your face flush darkly but you lean down and press a kiss to his cheek. You card your fingers through his hair and he stays snuggled close. You lay back and he crawls up to curl around you, wrapping a leg around yours and an arm over your chest. You turn to face him and put your arms around his chest.

You hum quietly and and smile at his warmth. In the time that you've been together, this is as far as you've ever gotten with him. Just snuggling close together and kissing his cheeks or his forehead. You know that he wants more. You can feel that any time that he has to get up and go to the bathroom, and you can see it any time he adjusts himself and crosses his legs.

You wonder if he'll be okay with this much longer. You wonder if he loves you like you love him, or if he's just trying to get into your pants. You sincerely hope that that isn't the case. You hope that he loves you. You've never asked.

The moment feels like one where asking would be bad form. But you pretend for the time that he loves you and let his arms stay wrapped around you. You take in his scent and sigh. You wish that time could stand still. The the world would stop so that the two of you could just lay here next to him.

Through the material of his shirt you can feel the beating of his heart against your cheek. It ties you to him for a few minutes as you realize that your heartbeats are synchronous. You look up at him and see that he's looking down at you, a contemplative look on his face.

You furrow your brow and tilt your head to the side. "Cronus? Are you all right?"

He blinks a few times and you don't push it. You know that he likes to take his time to find words when he's actually thinking about what it is that he wants to say. "Yeah babe, I'm fine." He rubs at your waist softly. "Just thinking about things is all."

"Things?"

He kisses the top of your head. "Like how much I like you."

You smile softly. "I like you quite a lot." And by that you mean you love him. But you'll wait to tell him that until the time is right.

For now you lay together, limbs twined and heartbeats alined. It's one of those perfect moments and you want to collect and treasure it forever.