subconscious disarray

Lilah smiles against his lips before pulling him closer by the collar of his sweater. “You’re better than alright,” she mumbled against his lips. “Trust me.”

Pushing her down on the floor, he ran his hand up her shirt, his hands cold feeling her warm skin. “I like your compliments, you can keep ‘em coming” He said, teasing, before biting her lower lips. 

Lilah raised her brows as he pushed her against the floor. She shivered at his touch before meeting his gaze and giving him a smirk. “I only compliment you when I feel like it, not at your request, Ryder.”

Smirking down at her, he tilted his head slightly to the side. “But it’s my birthday…“ He trailed off, his smirk turning into a small pout. 

Lilah bit down on her lip; she didn’t really have a good argument to come up with. “If I tell you what I really think you’re never going to let me live it down,” she let her fingers run through his hair. “I don’t think I can take that chance.” she laughed

Lilah smiles against his lips before pulling him closer by the collar of his sweater. “You’re better than alright,” she mumbled against his lips. “Trust me.”

Pushing her down on the floor, he ran his hand up her shirt, his hands cold feeling her warm skin. “I like your compliments, you can keep ‘em coming” He said, teasing, before biting her lower lips. 

Lilah raised her brows as he pushed her against the floor. She shivered at his touch before meeting his gaze and giving him a smirk. “I only compliment you when I feel like it, not at your request, Ryder.”

Lilah smiles against his lips before pulling him closer by the collar of his sweater. “You’re better than alright,” she mumbled against his lips. “Trust me.”

Lilah watched him in amusement before shrugging at his question. “Or you won’t get your real birthday present,” she took another swig.

Crawling closer to her, he placed his hand on her thigh. “I was hoping it would be you.” He smirked. “Less clothes, though.”

She looked down at his hand on her thigh, biting her lower lip slightly; she really liked the feeling. She tilted her head and met his gaze. “You don’t like my big comfy sweater?” she asked, pointing at her sweater that said “www.whatever.com” which is an actual sweater i have lmao

Studying her sweater for a second, he shook his head and leaned in, his gaze on her lips. “I like what it is hiding” He said softly, his hand moving up. 

“You don’t like what’s up here?” she asked, pointing at her head obviously meaning her mind lmao. She took another chug from the bottle. “I like yours,” she said, feeling the alcohol, as she moved her pointed finger to his head. “I also like,” she began, letting her hand trail down his chest, “all of this too.”

Lilah watched him in amusement before shrugging at his question. “Or you won’t get your real birthday present,” she took another swig.

Crawling closer to her, he placed his hand on her thigh. “I was hoping it would be you.” He smirked. “Less clothes, though.”

She looked down at his hand on her thigh, biting her lower lip slightly; she really liked the feeling. She tilted her head and met his gaze. “You don’t like my big comfy sweater?” she asked, pointing at her sweater that said “www.whatever.com” which is an actual sweater i have lmao

Lilah watched him in amusement before shrugging at his question. “Or you won’t get your real birthday present,” she took another swig.

Lilah smiles gleefully at him, honestly just happy that she was having her own lil one on one celebration with Luke. “Been a while?” she asked, taking the bottle from him and taking her own big chug.

“Little bit,“ he admitted, before leaning against the cabinet, a silly smile on his lips as he watched her drink.

She went to hand the bottle over from him but psyched him out and took another big gulp from the bottle. “You gotta keep up with me tonight,” she smirked at him, sliding the bottle towards him again.

Lilah smiles gleefully at him, honestly just happy that she was having her own lil one on one celebration with Luke. “Been a while?” she asked, taking the bottle from him and taking her own big chug.

Lily just shrugged again. “I like getting drunk with you.” she corrected him. “Unless you have any other ideas.”

Smirking, Luke shrugged like she’d just done. “Let’s get drunk, Lil’ Lil.”

Lilah shrugged again, again. “Follow me for some fun,” she snickered and skipped off to the kitchen. Kneeling down to open the cabinet under the sink, she grabbed an unopened bottle of tequila and showed it off to the birthday boy. “Tada!” she exclaimed. “Birthday boy takes first shot.”

Lily just shrugged again. “I like getting drunk with you.” she corrected him. “Unless you have any other ideas.”

Lilah smiled slightly and leaned against his doorway. “I was hoping you would,” she pulled down on the sleeves of her sweater cause she’s a little nervous ok. “So, wanna grab some early birthday drinks?” she nodded over to the kitchen. “There’s a giant bottle of tequila Daphne was hiding for after the whole pregnancy thing,” she scrunched her nose. “I’m sure she won’t miss it; I’ll replace it.”

“You’re easy to please,” she snorted before shrugging. “I want my present to be more original.”

Lilah raised a brow at him. “You got a list somewhere?”

“Does it really count if it was last year?” she asked as she tilted her head slightly. “I don’t want to ruin your birthday,” she admitted. “So, whatever it is you’re planning… I just hope you have fun.” she smiled softly. “You deserve it after everything that’s happened.”

“Well, it counts because if it didn’t, Daphne would murder me“ He said, smirking over at Lilah. Placing both hands into his pockets, he avoided her eyes as she spoke, before sighing softly. “Stop… Overthinking things, for God’s sake. We’re spending my birthday together, and whatever else I do to celebrate, it’s not even relevant. You gotta start focusing on just you and me, and leave the me and everything else for me to take care of.“

Lilah raises her brow in frustration because that’s clearly what she’s trying to do rn but it’s not appreciated wow anyway she simply just nods. “Yeah, don’t worry. I’ll try not to butt in anymore,” she shrugged. “I just like knowing cause... well, it’s you.” she looked down at the ground when she mumbled the last part before giving him an awkward smile. “Anyway, I’ll buy you a beer as an actual present.”

“Does it really count if it was last year?” she asked as she tilted her head slightly. “I don’t want to ruin your birthday,” she admitted. “So, whatever it is you’re planning... I just hope you have fun.” she smiled softly. “You deserve it after everything that’s happened.”

Lilah lowered their music once she heard a knock on the door and walked over to open it. She gave another shrug. “I wanted to be the first one to say it.”

ORLLY? WELL, FINE. After a while, Lilah began to feel bad. She sat at her desk and began to create something. An hour or so passed, and she finally was able to walk out into the hall to slip the card under Luke’s door; a birthday card to be exact— and a drawing of her saying “sorry.” Then, she headed back to her room and laid and bed blasting some music cause who knew how long it’d be before he saw it.