Imagine your OTP in a video call. It's early for Person A, but terribly late for Person B. After a few hours, Person A decides to take a snack break—only to find Person B fast asleep when they return. Person A smiles, whispers "Goodnight," and then takes a screenshot to send Person B when they wake up.
Marley eagerly tapped at the base of her laptop, rearranging her pillows on the head of her bed to try and get comfy. She hadn't gotten to talk to Ryder in ages (he'd been away on a business trip) and she was missing him so much—she missed talking to him when she got up in the morning and while she made them coffee… and she was so grateful that he was coming back in less than a week.
"Come on, Ryder." She murmured, glancing over at the red clock on her bedside table. The clock read 10:35pm. She sighed, calculating the time where Ryder was; he was at least five or six hours ahead of her and he was probably asleep.
The screen suddenly brightened as a giant skype box popped up in the center, the camera turning on, the small light from it shining into Marley's eyes. She couldn't help but get excited.
Ryder's face suddenly popped up on the screen and Marley let out a squeal, making a tired Ryder wake up from his daze. "Oh, hey, Mar." He smiled and wiped his eye, leaning tiredly on his hands.
"Hey, hun," Marley whispered, touching the screen lightly and smiling. "How are you?" She asked in a whisper.
"Tired," Ryder sighed, yawning shortly after that. He closed his eyes and rested his face in his hand, biting his lip softly. "It's 4am and I got up at 6 this morning… so I've been up for 22 hours and ugh." Ryder collapsed on the bed, his head resting against the laptop mouse.
"Aw, sorry for keeping you up, babe." Marley frowned and brushed the hair out of her eyes, watching her sleepy boyfriend.
"Nah, Mar, it's alright—the highlight of my night is talking to you." He grinned sleepily, sitting up again.
"Same here." Marley nodded excitedly and tracing the camera of the small laptop on her lap, gazing back down at the screen to see Ryder staring at her, his eye lids drooping.
"Anyway, how are you?" Ryder asked, shaking his head to try and waken himself up enough to talk to Marley for just a little bit longer—he had, after all, only been chatting to her for a couple of minutes.
Marley shrugged. "Missing you… but I'm good if we count out that aspect." She nodded and crossed her arms over her chest, frowning at her boyfriend. Ryder gave her a sad smile and ran his hand through his hair slowly.
"I'll be back in like a week!" Ryder said, throwing his hands up in the air and blowing a kiss to Marley. She laughed and pretended to catch it, putting it on her cheek with a bright smile in the dark. "And then I'll get to see you and we'll make out and we'll go on dates to Breadstix and—"
"I like the sound of that!" Marley laughed, clapping her hands together quickly and quietly.
"I like it, too." Ryder smiled, suddenly sounding tired again. He yawned again and placed his hand over his mouth.
Marley watched her boyfriend, fascinated by him—his beautiful eyes, his mouth, his cheekbones… he just seemed so, so perfect. And he was perfect; inside and out. He was smiling right at her, his eyes half closed and bags under his eyes, barely visible in the darkness on the other side.
"I'm just gonna grab something to eat, okay, hun?" Marley whispered, running her fingers down the screen, along Ryder's face.
"Okay…" Ryder yawned, wiping his eyes with his arm and running his hand through his hair again. Marley smiled and leaped off the bed, running out of the door, down the stairs and to the kitchen. She pulled out the first packet of chips she could see—Ryder's favourite, sweet chilli and sour cream—and ran straight back up the computer.
But when she got there, she saw Ryder lying down in front of the computer as he had been before, except his eyes were closed and he was snoring ever so slightly. He was asleep.
Marley frowned at how quickly he had fallen asleep, but smiled at her sleeping boyfriend. She was disappointed that she wasn't able to have a proper conversation with her boyfriend, but she could definitely enjoy the sight of her boyfriend sleeping—he was just so, so adorable.
She sat down in front of the computer and touched the screen lightly. "Goodnight, Ryd." She grinned, taking a quick screen shot, saving to the 'Ryder' file on her computer. She knew Ryder would enjoy seeing himself asleep. She closed her laptop and rested it on the floor, sighing. He was such a cutie.
This one was so rushed, sorry! I was trying to make my Dad a Father's Day card, trying to find a new tumblr icon and trying to watch The Tribe at the same time so... I didn't have my full attention on this - sorry!
-Camryn xx