"These candles should last us a couple of hours," Reid said as he lit the last candle in the room. There was a storm brewing outside, and it had knocked out all of the power in Ipswich and other surrounding areas. They were lucky the RA kept supplies of candles for emergencies.
"Great," Tyler sighed and tossed himself onto his bed.
The two had just gotten in from a late swim practice, and all Tyler had wanted to do was let his mind go numb from watching too many episodes of Family Guy on his laptop. However, that wasn't going to happen, seeing that he hadn't charged it before, and it would probably die on him halfway into the first episode.
He hated blackouts.
Another roll of thunder sounded and lightning lit up the sky. Reid let out a frustrated growl as he watched all hell break loose outside.
"Fuck, there goes my Friday night," he muttered and let his forehead rest against the window.
"Sorry," Tyler murmured and stared up at the ceiling.
"You know what I meant," Reid sighed and turned around to look at Tyler. "You look nice... in the candlelight, I mean," he commented when he noticed how the candlelight brought out Tyler's softer features while still showing him glimpses of the strength in Tyler's body and features.
Tyler snorted and rolled onto his side to face Reid. "You don't need to get sappy. I wasn't offended."
Reid shook his head and moved around his bed to sit on Tyler's. "Nice to know I don't need to play that lovey dovey shit to get into your pants."
"Saying 'into my pants' and 'shit' in the same sentence? Not exactly erotic," the younger teen teased and nudged Reid in the back with his knee.
Reid laughed and leaned back to lay over Tyler, his chest perpendicular to Tyler's abdomen. He rested his head in his hand and looked at the other boy, mirth evident in his eyes. "So what is erotic then?"
Tyler shrugged and pulled another pillow under his head so he could look at Reid. "You, shirtless like that."
"Yeah? I get you hot just like this?" Reid smirked and licked the pad of his index finger before exaggeratedly rubbing at his nipple.
Tyler laughed and swatted Reid's hand down, "You're so stupid."
"Aw, I'm hurt," Reid said with a pout, but his laughter broke through and he couldn't keep the act up. "All for you, baby boy."
"C'mere," Tyler chuckled and cupped his hand around the back of Reid's neck to pull him forward for a meeting of lips. "You're too much."
