Tuesday, 15th November 2022

"I'm taking my car today," Jamie told Roy as he watched the older man move around the house while he sat on the floor in the living room and played with Cruyff.

Roy froze. "You are?"

"I have a meeting with Keeley after work."

"Meeting?"

Cruyff nipped at Jamie and scrabbled at his jumper, trying to climb Jamie's torso. Jamie laughed and caught the kitten, popping her onto his shoulder. Cruyff purred into his ear and curled her tail around Jamie's neck. Jamie reached up to scratch her under the chin.

"Yeah, so I'll take me own car and then you don't need to wait around for me, yeah? Not sure how long we'll need, you can eat whateva you want for dinner."

"I always do," Roy said.

Jamie barked out a laugh. "You eat what I need to for me meal plan."

Roy stared at Jamie for a moment but the younger man's attention was lost when Cruyff purred into his ear and he pulled away laughing. Jamie picked the cat up, looking her in the eyes and letting her curl into his lap.

"You're a menace," Jamie told her. "Naughty little kitten making a menace of herself."

Cruyff meowed at him.

Jamie looked up and pointed to Roy. "Are you going to do anything about this menace?"

Roy looked at him, lip twitching but definitely not smiling, and shook his head. "No, I think one menace deserves another."

"Oi," Jamie called out to him when Roy turned and walked away.

"Menace," Roy said again. "I'm heading in, it freaks Nate out when I'm there before him."

Jamie laughed and watched Roy walk away until Cruyff demanded his attention again.

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Jamie knew it was going to be a nightmare in the morning as he slipped into the silent and mostly dark house. If he slipped into bed, and Roy was asleep, maybe he'd never have to admit he was out past his self-imposed curfew. He hadn't been able to stay up past 8:30pm since they'd started this 4am training job so he'd made sure to be home every night by 8pm except when they had a late game. It wasn't too bad, Roy was also getting up for 4am training so they were both going to sleep early and for as long as Jamie was allowed to keep staying here, he was happy to crawl into bed next to Roy every night at 8:30…or earlier if they were using the bed for sex as well.

Jamie stripped off in the laundry, separating his clothes into the two hampers and making sure the lid was on tight so Cruyff didn't get in again. He stopped in the kitchen to drink a glass of water and then went upstairs. Roy was curled on his side in bed, one hand resting on the space where Jamie would need to fit.

Jamie looked up at the ceiling and lifted the sheets, sliding low in the bed so he could put his head on Roy's arm.

Roy grumbled and turned towards Jamie. Jamie used the motion to move with Roy until he was lying in an L shape and his head was moving with every breath Roy took. He fell asleep fast.

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