The one where Alexander canât assemble Ikea furniture to save his life:
âFucking hell!â You huff and yank the allen key from the slot in which youâd thought it was supposed to go, chucking it angrily at the nearest wall. You frantically peer down at the crumpled piece of paper in your hands, willing the diagrams and arrows on the page to reveal literally any of their many secrets.Â
You are so entirely enraptured with what youâre doing that you donât notice Alexander in the doorway until he whistles lowly. âWhat on earth are you doing, kid?â
You clutch the paper in your fist and wave it around dramatically. âYouâve got to help me out here, Alex. This is the kind of confusion I would imagine archeologists grappled with upon discovery of ancient hieroglyphics.â
Alexander scoffs and pushes himself from the frame of the guestroom door. âNonsense, kid,â He strolls over to where youâre splayed out on the hardwood floor, random Ikea bedframe parts litter the space around you like a warzone. âHow tough can it be?âÂ
An hour edges by and all Alexander has accomplished is the formation of the bottom frame. For some reason, the long metal bar that goes down the middle of the frame isnât fitting in to any of the holes and he looks about ready to tear his hair out at the root. âRemind me again as to why we are setting up Ikea furniture for our guest room?â He sighs heavily and settles up against the far wall in defeat.Â
You take a long swig from the beer bottle in your hand before deciding how best to answer this. âOne of us⌠canât recall who, decided it would be fun to change things up and have deliciously rough drunk sex in the guest bed.âÂ
Alexander squints up at you, lips quirked up in a half smirk. âAnd?â
âAnd,â You murmur. âWe fucked the bed into literal disrepair.â
Alexander elicits a hearty laugh, and itâs everything you can do not to start laughing along with him. âOh thatâs right. Thought we ordered an unreasonably expensive new one?â
âWe did,â You confirm. âBut it wonât be here for another week at least, and companyâs coming in,â You glance down at the text message from your best friend and sigh. âIn two days. So I dug out this bedframe that I forgot I had and here we are.âÂ
âHere we are.â Alexander repeats resolutely.
Another half an hour passes before he realizes heâs had the metal bar going the wrong way the entire time.Â
âOh my god,â He curses under his breath and tosses the instructions to the floor in exasperation. âWhy do they feel the need to make this so fucking difficult?âÂ
âI justâŚâ You shake your head in utter disbelief. âI- how can you be so effortlessly awful at this?â
Alexander scowls at you, his mouth slightly agape. âYou werenât much better off on your own!â
Midnight rolls around and the frame is built and is (so far) capable of withstanding the weight of the mattress and blankets atop of it. Alexander stands proudly at the foot of the bed, a beer wedged in his hand as he surveys his handiwork. âWhat do you think, kid?âÂ
You stand next to him, lacing your fingers with his much larger ones and drop your head to rest against his bicep. âI think that you did a wonderful job Alex,â A beat passes between the pair of you before you add, âAnd also that you should be stripped of your passport and Swedish citizenship immediately.âÂ
And the elder Swede just drops his head back and belly laughs, and you canât help but laugh right along with him.