Sleepy Richard (Richard x Aaron)
I wanted to write them for so LONG MAN IT'S BEEN LIKE WAY TOO LONG ONG. Anyways, here's something really goofy I wanted to do and try because why not?! I don't know what else to say I'm tired now and I want to present you my fluff for now. So yeah.
TW: Swearing and references to drugs.
It was midnight and Richard, as always during these times, was extremely sleepy. But also… unfortunately. He was still awake, as always. He stood in the living room, next to a brown couch and staring into nothing in particular. He wasn't sure if he was high on something or not. Wait he wasn't… the only thing he took was tobacco and too much coffee. That wouldn't make him high. So he was just hallucinating. Or better yet, he was daydreaming.
He looked around and checked his glasses and looked again. His eyes had more bags than a Walmart and he was surprised he was still standing. He walked around the dimly half lit living room. Slowly as steps , almost silent as he checked everything downstairs. Things seemed normal, I mean… nothing weird or strange showed up, and Jaune didn't call him late at night again to check on him for no reason. So it was fine, he clicked his tongue and grumbled a bit. Seeing nothing of interest, again. Why was he down here?! Was this Hell?! No it wasn't, Aaron was asleep upstairs probably. Nothing is hell when your boyfriend is sleeping upstairs. Why would it be Hell when your sweet cute and semi mute boyfriend was around?!
Richard blushed when he thought about Aaron before he fell on his ass and yawned. His back slouched as he felt his chest touch his legs. His face then turned into a grimace as he immediately went back to reality (or some less wholesome form of it. He still didn't know what was going on with him now.)
The thoughts of Aaron sleeping like the adorable bearded angel that he was didn't help Richard with anything, despite making Richard happy which was logically useless here. All of that fluffy stuff didn't help the simple fact of the matter though. What the actual FUCK is he doing here?! He looked around again as Chop Suey by System Of A Down played in his head for no reason besides Aaron liked it. He grumbled as Seri Tankian screamed accusations in his brain. Not understanding why it wouldn't escape his brain. He couldn't concentrate, he needed his brain to focus. Why aren't I heading upstairs already?! Richard asked as he tried to get up but still just sat on the floor. Oh lord this is completely hopeless. Why can't I get up?! Did my legs sleep when they were not supposed to?! I literally just sat down! What the Hell is going on?!
Richard groaned as he breathed slowly, in and out. He blinked and then tried stretching as he thought of Aaron. But that worked as well as the Vietnam War on the American side. He couldn't do so for the life of him. He then grumbled and yawned again before getting up. He didn't want to get upstairs now, he didn't know why.
Aaron was there and maybe if Richard gets inside earlier maybe Aaron would go and scoop him in his arms or kiss his cheek. Richard awkwardly smiled at the thought of affection. He wasn't always a cuddly guy but Aaron's well Aaron. If he was awake right he'd probably be hugging him from behind or dragging Richard to a bed or couch for a few hour long cuddle session which Richard would immediately melt into with a tomato red face and a sense of peace. He wanted to sleep now with Aaron so bad. He just needed it, but uhh. He didn't really recognize where or what the stairs were to get to the second floor. And besides he thought he had some stuff to do before he could go and collapse on top of Aaron.
“Oh God damn it,” he said as he stumbled and walked like a Romero zombie to a strip of light switches and switched some of them on. He then walked into the kitchen. The light almost flashes banged Richard as he looked at the “I hate having to do chores before the weekend starts like this. I should have considered doing it earlier, but I don't want Aaron to do it when he wakes up. He needs his rest, he deserves his sleep,”
He almost fell on his face a couple of times and then he just leaned on the fridge for a second. After that he walks to the nearby sink to look for any dishes to do. He looked down and saw two dishes and cups in it. Richard and Aaron rarely used dishes that much, and they put all of the used ones in the dishwasher most of the time. But sometimes the two completely missed it, like with this for example. And that meant that one of them had to remember to check and then put it in along with any other left alone dishes. This time it was a really tired Richard who probably wanted to sleep as soon as he possibly could.
“Oh, this is easy,” Richard said as he opened up the dishwasher and pulled out the racks. He then rinsed all of them, taking his time to get rid of any stains he merely expected of being stained in anyway. “I just need to do this and vacuuming and I can get right back upstairs in a second! That sounds like a splendid idea!”
He smiled like he discovered the cure to every disease known to man. He then began humming a random out of tone tune as he immediately took action. He shivered as some wind from the window left outside breezed against him. He put the two dishes in the bottom rack and the cups in the top rack. The dishwasher was already pretty full when Richard found it. It took a while to figure out something perfect but once he did he was very proud of himself, he put the bottom rack back in the dishwasher, he then put a tide pod afterwards, put the top rack in the dishwasher and the closed and started it to run for four hours and six minutes.
Richard then went over to the sink handle, turned it on and let the water run, put some soap on his hands and then immediately began washing his hands as properly as he could. He completely ignored the fact that it was super hot or the fact there were sounds of a large man opening the door and breathing which seemed to go closer and closer. Richard didn't hear the footsteps because like a T-Rex, the man's footsteps are almost if not completely silent. So Richard couldn't even notice it. Once Richard made his hands burn and get clean in steaming water and soap, he got the soap out and then turned the sink off before drying it with a kitchen towel which he properly put on the handle of the oven soon after.
He was going to grab the vacuum right after that. He knew it was going to be in the closet somewhere. So that was when he was going to turn as he yawned for what felt like the one hundredth time this night. But he couldn't, as soon as he felt two gigantic hairy arms wrap around his stomach and chest behind him. He felt himself have a very hairy chin touch and tickle his neck. Richard turned his eyes to see if it was something or someone he knew. And then he smiled, he was right.
Aaron was holding him from behind, his eyes stuck in a constant state of fighting to make them open or closed. He grumbled and yawned as he nuzzled into Richard's neck, which made Richard giggle again. Aaron was so adorable when he was sleepy. He couldn't help but laugh and smile and feel all happy inside. Richard wished he could stay feeling like this forever. Aaron probably wanted to feel this way too. It feels genuinely peaceful when they hold each other and feel calm. It brought a whole sense of peace and made Richard feel like if this right now wasn't, he would never know what love is.
“Hi honey, did you miss me?” Richard asked as he kissed Aaron's cheek. He chuckled and sighed in relief. Feeling happy that he wasn't like… completely alone. “Because I definitely missed you. I don't know where you were down here besides maybe sleeping in the bedroom,”
“That's because I was, and also… it's super late,” Aaron muttered, blinking a little bit as he breathed slowly. He didn't sleep a wink because well… he didn't see Richard there, and he really didn't want to go to bed without having Richard close to him. “You should get to bed now with me, you can't be hanging out in the living room late at night doing random things like some spooky monster. You need rest, besides, I did really miss you in bed with me,”
Richard smiled and nodded before he suddenly felt himself immediately almost jump like a rabbit as he heard that. Sleep?! NOW?! GO TO BED RIGHT NOW?! AS IN THIS INSTANT?! Richard still had one more thing to do. He still had to vacuum all of the downstairs and hope that he could sleep properly. He looked at Richard as he tried to get out, but he stopped once he realized that he probably shouldn't because it's Aaron and Richard loved being held by Aaron. He took a deep breath and exhaled, leaning against Aaron as the hold lasted longer.
“Why though?! I still have important things to do honey!” Richard said, trying not to yawn or pass out. “I have work to do!”
“What work is so important that it makes it more important than going back to bed and sleeping with me close by?” Aaron asked incredulously. He nuzzled into Richard's neck and head again, like Richard would disappear if he didn't do such a thing. “And no, extra paperwork from your job doesn't count, Rich. You do all of them like every day. You can sleep and wait for tomorrow. That's just not important compared to your health,”
“I need to vacuum the downstairs a little bit, it looks absolutely horrid!” Richard said, pointing at the floor and then at the table for no reason. “This whole place looks like a mess! I swear Aaron! I won't function if I don't clean up now!”
Aaron looked at Richard like he just summoned a Walrus by breathing. He sighed and shook his head in slight disappointment.
“Richard, we can do it tomorrow. It's just too loud and nosey to do it now,” Aaron said, running a hand through Richard's hair a little bit before kissing the top of Richard's head. Richard smiled at that as Aaron patted it. “You don't need to do that, alright? Look, we have a break tomorrow and the day after it, you can sleep now, alright?”
“Are you sure Aaron?! Look at this place! It's…”
Richard stopped as he felt Aaron let go of him and then gently grabbed a hold of his hand. His grasp was gentle and soft as Richard just stared at it. He couldn't believe it… His boyfriend was going to guide him to the bedroom to cuddle him?! That's…
Just beautiful. Richard couldn't say anything else besides that. It was genuinely beautiful and lovely. He gently raised Aaron's hand up and kissed it before he looked at Aaron with almost tearful eyes. Yeah, Richard thought, the vacuuming could wait for now.
“I love you Aaron,” Richard said softly as he began to walk. Aaron naturally followed as well, which made it to where Richard was leading somehow. Which was perfectly ok in Aaron's mind. Richard was always leading anything he wanted. He was just that type of guy, sure he did let Aaron make some decisions too since well, you can't make a big guy like Aaron listen to everything. “You are the best boyfriend I can ask for, you're just so sweet, I can't stop but think about that all the time,”
Aaron blushed and looked away as Richard just chuckled and continued to walk. The two turned off the lights and went upstairs. They did so slowly but surely, making sure neither man tripped or got eaten by the darkness. Ok maybe that last part wasn't a real thing but Richard was tired and was probably hallucinating sometimes so he didn't want to take it out of the equation. Anyways, it took both of them only two minutes before they were upstairs. And it only took around two to five seconds to get in the bedroom. That was the first thing they saw on the floor.
The two men went inside and Aaron casually sat down on the bed which was a mess of blankets, pillows and sheets along with a couple of frog, snake and cigar plushies lying around on the bed and floor. Richard just yawned, went on the bed and collapsed into Aaron's arms as soon as he could.
Aaron immediately brought Richard close to himself, making sure he was safe and warm as Aaron began to lay down. Richard yawned and didn't notice the fact that his glasses got taken by Aaron without him even knowing it. He just blinked and yawned as he wrapped his arms around Aaron's neck. Aaron wrapped his arms back as Richard rested his head against Aaron's shoulder and buried his face against the metalhead's neck. Richard giggled when Aaron nuzzled his head against him. The beard Aaron had was so ticklish, it made Richard feel so relaxed.
“Night, I love you,” Aaron muttered one more time as he closed his eyes and began to drift off.
“Love you too dear,” Richard said before following suit and then gently relaxing into slumber. His body felt very warm and calm to the touch as he threw one of the many blankets on top of him.
And as soon as that happened, Richard finally went back to sleep. Letting dreams and the closeness of Aaron guide him until the next day showed up to restart everything once again.
