side blog of @js4440 .

Just thinking about Ice coming home to his and Mav's home after a stressful day from work. He spent the whole day putting out fires and to make things worst, had to deal with homophobic talk. He and Mav hid their relationship well, but with how they were in the Navy, he couldn't outright shut it down, just glare at the other admiral and say something about focusing on work and important shit rather than gossiping around. He comes home exhausted.

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Ice kicks off his shoes before he leans on the doorframe to the living room. Mav grinning widely at him from his sprawled position on the couch, a box of pizza in front of him, with a bottle of cold beer, and the sounds of the NFL blasting from the TV.

He gave a small sigh before smiling back softly at his husband in everything but in the eyes of the law. Not that it matters.

Mav's face quickly changed into a frown and he jumped out of the sofa and turned off the TV as he went to stand before Ice, cupping the other man's face, Ice instinctively leaning into it.

"Hard day at work?" Mav asked softly, thumbing Tom's cheek to smooth out the wrinkles beginning to deepen.

"Yeah," Tom said wrapping his arms around Pete's waist to pull him closer and leaning forward to nuzzle into his lover's neck. Pete reciprocating by wrapping his arms around Tom's shoulders, running a hand through the hair on the base of the other man's neck.

Pete always ran warm. It made sense, Pete always had energy, always moving around, even at rest, Tom would bet that energy would be bouncing around inside of the smaller man. Too much energy for his body. Makes him the perfect teddy bear.

They stood there for a while before Tom straightened up, "wait here a bit, love," he said giving Pete a chaste kiss before going to the corner of the room where a radio sat on a small side table.

Soft notes of the piano starts playing and Tom turned to hold a hand out to Pete a smile tugging at his lips.

"Humor me?" Tom asks and Pete smiled in response as he took Tom's hand.

Wise men say, "Only fools rush in."

Tom pulled Pete close and put both his hands on the other man's hips, Pete putting his on Tom's arms, "If I could do our whole relationship again, I would have come for you faster," Tom said leaning down to kiss Pete on the side of his lips before pulling back and smiling widely, "Cause I can't help, falling in love with you."

Pete snorted as he wrapped an arm around Tom's waist, and nudged Tom to start swaying side to side in the middle of their living room.

Would it be a sin, If I can't help falling in love with you?

Tom could count more admirals he interacts with who would count it as a sin. If he counted the other sailors he had worked with, he would lose count quite easily. Although he wouldn't know what would be difficult, counting how many people would consider his and Pete's love a sin, or counting how many people would accept them? With how the world is right now, he would never know. A part of him would not want to know the former.

Tom rested his forehead on Pete's forehead, "If love is a sin, I would sin a thousand times over just for you."

Pete looked him in the eyes brows furrowed, "Tom?" Pete's face then changed from shock to anger before it softened as Pete sighed and his shoulders sagged as he cupped a hand around Tom's neck to bring him lower and press a kiss on his forehead. Then a kiss to each of his cheeks. Then one more soft kiss on the lips.

"Some things are meant to be," Pete sand softly. "Doesn't matter what they think. If our love is the only sin the great Iceman commits, then the world should be thankful," Pete said smiling widely at him.

Take my hand

Tom entwined both his and Pete's hands together, resting one on Pete's hips, softly swaying them to a slow, gentle, spin. Unlike the aerobatics they were both accustomed in participating in when they were both up in fighter jets, pushing their jets to mach speeds.

Take my whole life too.

"You have it," Tom whispered in Pete's ear.

For I can't help, Falling in love with you.

Pete framed Tom's face with his hands before surging forward to kiss him.