‘ steph….steph wait….don’t LEAVE                          ME here alone to do scripts!! ‘

“M a t t h e w …” He shook his head slowly, hands moving up to cover his face. His spread his fingers to look at him, clearly hiding a smile.

“Oh h u m a n mine, you…are so c u t e.” He sighed, fighting to wipe the smile off his face.

hands are SHOVED into his pockets, a dopey g r i n plastered to his face as he continued to T R Y && save his ass from this mishap. 

in his EXTREMELY deep sleep, matthew’s arms gently w r a p around his wife’s upper torso, legs T U C K E D under him as he curled up in a makeshift f e t a l position, cuddling intently next to her, snoring PEACEFULLY for the first time in days.

                 ‘ i  i have to keep GOING....there has to be                         other p a t t e r n s && combinations to t   try.... ‘

he goes to protest more when the sleep deprivation FINALLY hits, && he basically passes out on her s h o u l d e r, soft snores being heard almost immediately.

               ‘ steph....i’ve been AWAKE for three-and-a-half                      d a y s....i’m going crazy && i didn’t T H I N K you                      wanted to see me going crazy like this. ‘

                ‘ what i WANT?personally….i want s l e e p. ‘

                      ‘ i like to think i’m more of a b u z z e d seahorse.                                 still legal, but probably not the best bet for the                                 DRIVER. ‘

                ‘ th   that was all TOTALLY planned….all part                       of the p l a n. the plan i have yet to make U P                       to save my ass from embarrassment. ‘

                 ‘ i like to call it ‘the TIRED five o’clock shadow                         caused by s t r e s s about the baby && too much                         C U S T O M night’ look. surprised i don’t have a                         f u l l beard yet because of all that. ‘

he’s l o u n g i n g on the couch, scrolling through his NOTES on his phone when a notification pops up at the top; another comment. almost as a R E F L E X to most of these notifications, he swipes up, closing it, but NOT before seeing who it was from, && then i m m e d i a t e l y opening it, running his fingers through his HAIR as he read it, almost f l i n g i n g his phone at the wall out of F R U S T R A T I O N. 

                ‘ seriously?? i thought i HAD it!! ‘

thumbs f u r i o u s l y type out a reply, brows furrowed, eyes CRAZED. 

                      after almost a DOZEN episodes, you                       would think I could get it r i g h t finally. 

nose SCRUNCHES up at her touch, the action welcomed considering his o w n fingers were furiously T Y P I N G away at his laptop’s keyboard.

                 ‘ here i thought i am ALWAYS a handsome                         nerd, steph! is it r e a l l y only when i have                         my glasses on? ‘

“I’m fine,” she slurred as she tried to reason, going to grab the glass from his hand only to miss it by a few inches. “Matthewwwwwwww~” Her lips pouted.

he sees the POUT, but he cares more about her well-being than her h a p p i n e s s right now, considering she had already had E N O U G H for the night. 

He hummed softly, nodding a little at his explanation about fast food places and baking and how they could both be bad. He needed to know things like this…if he was going to stay with him.

He tipped his head as he nudged his hand, taking the can in his hand, eyebrows raising. “T h i s kind is your f a v o r i t e?” He asked, tipping the can up to take sip, eyes locked on Matthew.

He wrinkled his nose at the taste, smacking his lips lightly as he pulled it away. “It t a s t e s funny. Like b u b b l e s.”

once the can was FIRMLY in the other’s grasp, matthew moved a w a y towards their dinner, taking his pizza cutter from the cutlery drawer && running the blade on the pizza, S L I C I N G it into even pieces && placing two slices onto plates for the b o t h of them.

                      ‘ it’s an ACQUIRED taste. some don’t particularly                                c a r e for it, but i like it. goes great with just about                                A N Y T H I N G. it’s like a non-alcoholic wine to me. ‘

he takes the plates in his hands, moving to SET them on the bar && beckoning the other o v e r.