challenge plot bunny - the dunkaerion bedroom edition
lemme add another fluffy thought friend to the modern omegaverse pen, just because. sfw, ofc.
and also bc it's been on my mind, just a little bit.
let's see what happens in 3 10 minute stretches of writing.
let's explore the concept of two separate bedrooms vs. 1 shared bedroom.
on the one hand, two separate bedrooms means they get their own private spaces to decorate how they wish, as they please. dunk's may be a little more plain, but he's got some knickknacks from different shows and media he enjoys, sports team stuff.
aerion's room is lush and luxurious. screams money from the wallpaper to the lighting to the flooring and the rugs. heavy on the dragon motif, but understated - subtle scale patterning in the wallpaper, flame-edged carpeting, that kind of thing.
if they share a room, or if they've designated a room for their shared room, it's a little mix of both their comforts. the bed's gotta be huge, if it's gonna fit dunk. and for aerion as well - he moves around a lot in his sleep. he used to sleep curled up in a tight little ball no matter how big the bed was, but once he and dunk started sharing a bed, or at least mixed scents, or maybe he was on medication long enough, he uncurled. and then started rolling around like a bit of a rotisserie chicken. dunk sleeps like the dead, though he is a heat-seeking chronic cuddler, so at some point, even if aerion's tossing and turning, dunk can inevitably get a hold of him and they're resting and still for some time before something kicks off aerion's night-wiggles again.
if they have those smartwatches on for sleep recording, there's always some marked measure of activity in aerion's every 45 minutes or so, or however long it takes for his body to decide to want to move.
maybe he sleepwalks, even. could be funny, could be angsty. funny is dunk waking up at 2:52 am because there's clattering going on in the kitchen. he's grabbed the baseball bat that rests by his nightstand to see what's going on downstairs. heads down, can't see anything, then a white-blond head pops up out of nowhere around the kitchen island and grabs the pots hanging on the hooks above the range.
when dunk goes around to see what's happening, a good number of their pots and pans have been arranged on the floor-
and aerion's mumbling to himself as he puts one pot inside another, decides against it, and puts it back on the ground.
if dunk asks him, fondly, what he's up to, aerion's going to shush him because his boyfriend's asleep. but it comes out more like "shhhhhhhh... 's s'eepin'."
"who's sleeping?" dunk whispers, taking a seat on one of the island stools.
"mmmm." aerion picks up another pan and moves with exaggerated slowness to clatter it into a pot. "shhh!"
the omega looks up in dunk's general direction, eyes open but sort of hazed over. "du-nk. su'p-rise him."
"think he'll like the surprise?" dunk can't help but smile as aerion nods once, decisively. "what's the surprise, dragon?"
aerion looks a little pleased from where he's crouched surrounded by pots and pans. "i. cook."
and as fun as it would be to drag out the conversation further, dunk knows that it's probably best to get aerion back upstairs to bed before he actually tries to cook something. the pots and pans, dunk'll put them up in the morning when he goes on his run. and have breakfast ready for when aerion gets up and starts his morning yoga routine.
but anyway, dunk's gonna ask quietly if aerion can give him a hug, aerion's going to be very agreeable to that, and to being picked up out of the sea of cast iron and stainless steel to be carted off back to their shared bed.
maybe they share a bed on aerion's more restless nights, when he knows going in that his brain is kicking off and may need dunk's settling scent. sometimes aerion does fine in his own room at night, other times they're in their shared room.
as much as their workout routines differ in the morning, they have a good nighttime stretching routine, maybe some pilates video on youtube that dunk likes. -
sleepwear! dunk tends to sleep in an old set of t-shirt and shorts, maybe goes shirtless on particularly warm nights if they want to leave the windows open, let the breeze in through the screen. aerion's a little more finicky, but he also likes dunk's old t-shirts, even if they swamp his smaller frame and have a tendency to slide off one slim shoulder or the other. otherwise, aerion likes wearing silk pajamas. coverage may vary - depending on what they've got planned for the night and the next morning, aerion's full getup may involve him being fully covered from wrists to neck to ankles in silk, with his shoulder-length hair being tucked up inside a silk sleeping cap.
other variants may involve short sleeves, shorts that sit pretty neatly on his thighs. on special occasions or as the mood takes him, the silk is accompanied with lace, and aerion looks more like a present for dunk to unwrap than anything else, sheerness and ribbons and lace and bows. pretty omega wrapped in pretty silks and laces for an alpha to pet over.
they both like reading books before bed! might even like the same style of books. dunk's gotten aerion to read manga, and aerion's favorite genre is the sports ones, mostly because he can eyeball his alpha and say "well, you could probably do better."
which works well for some sports. but things like figure skating or tennis, maybe not, but dunk still feels that ego swell up in his chest anyway.
(secretly, aerion has a great fondness for the isekai and reincarnation genres, particularly the ones to do with ancient martial arts. may or may not have been a reason why he was very interested in learning martial arts himself once upon a time, before his interests turned to something less physically combative.)
