WANTED CONNECTIONS

“You’ll enjoy it,” He encouraged, “And I already said I was paying your tab, isn’t that enough incentive for you?” Seb was tempted to pull on Preston’s hand to drag him along if he didn’t hurry. “Um, thank you?” He frowned, taking a second to realise, yes, technically, that was a compliment. “You’ll get the hang of it. Two teams aim to kick a ball into opposing nets. It’s not hard to grasp.” He was thankful as Preston sped up. “Besides, it can be your turn to choose what we do next as part of ‘brother in law bonding’, as you put it, OK, darling?”

Sebastian rolled his eyes at Elijah’s ease at knocking something important to him, but he was still ahead, so the other man couldn’t see. “How can you be so chill?” He asked as Elijah fought to keep up. Normally, he wouldn’t be this worried, but his teammates had probably already started drinking at this point, which means they were going to be at least tipsy by the time him and Elijah got there. “Have you ever seen my teammates drink? I’m on watch duty. If I’m not there, they’ll drink the pub dry. And probably cause some sort of scandal in the process.”

He shook his head, tossing the retort back over his shoulder, “No, obviously not. We’re outside now.” But he could still hear Malakai’s footsteps behind him, which means he hadn’t bailed. Yet. But then again, Seb didn’t think Malakai was the type to bail unless it was something important. “Sorry,” Sebastian chuckled, “I didn’t factor in my koala bear of a girlfriend not letting me leave the house. Don’t you have someone like that?”

Seb laughed in agreement, “Yeah, I’ve never been on a cruise, but I just know I won’t like it. It feels like a false sense of security. Still, it’ll be nice to get away for some R & R, if nothing else. What are you most excited to explore?” He asked, not really sure if the Bahamas was a place you could explore, not like the jungle, at least. He nodded in understanding, “It obviously runs in the family. You must be really proud of them for all booking this. Is it not hard though? Watching your child be told what to do by someone that isn’t you?”

Seb chuckled, “Yes, I am. Don’t make me throw you over my shoulder.” He scoffed, “Well, then, maybe, you shouldn’t have worn heels. You should bear that in mind next time. It’s not like we’re going clubbing after, babe.” He slowed his pace and then looped his arm around her neck when they were close enough, “Nah, I can’t leave you behind can I? You’d probably get lost.”

“That, I can do.” He grins, turning down the heat on the pan as he takes the spoon back from her and turns in her hold, wrapping his arms around her neck. “You’re gorgeous. Food’s just food.” He corrects, blushing slightly. He knows it’s cheesy but he can’t help it, especially when she smiles at him when he says something like that. It makes his heart melt. God knows what he’s gonna be like when this baby comes along. Even more of a sucker, probably. He chuckles, kissing her nose. “You’re both impatient. It’ll be done soon.” Looking at her now, he wonders if now is the time to bring it up. He was gonna wait until after they’d eaten, but there’s no time like the present, right? It makes sense to him in a clear way that he’s only ever felt about soccer. “Hey, I wanna ask you something. With this baby and us, I don’t think you’ll wanna be living with your family anymore, so I was wondering if you wanted to move in with me?”

“C’mon, keep up.” Sebastian urged, nearly bouncing on the balls of his feet in anticipation, despite the cold weather. “We’re gonna be late for the game otherwise and my teammates do not take kindly to me missing kick off.” Luckily, it wasn’t Seb’s team playing today, rather a friends of a friends but that still didn’t stop him from meeting his teammates and watching it at the bar, as he looked after their rowdy asses. And this time, he didn’t feel like being alone in that endeavour. @raisingstarters​

“That’s bound to be tough, but you don’t have to be in the room the entire time. Only for sleeping and your child will still be there, you can just focus on them.” Seb nodded, humming, “Yeah, being on a cruise for a few days isn’t my idea of fun. Feels like they’re gonna trick me into being trapped there.” He smiled, “Yeah, you’re definitely due some good things, and it’s already looking up for you, right? Your daughter and your niece? That’s impressive. I can see where the good looking genes come from.”

He breathed a sigh of heavy relief when Lou confirmed they hadn’t just been outed, turning back to the food as she fussed with her camera. “Good,” He confirmed, feeling her come over to him and adjusting his position to allow her more grip, leaning into her and smiling as she kissed him. He chuckled softly, “Do you expect me to know the difference?” Seb knew how to work his phone enough to call, text, tweet and currently, with Lou’s help, how to work Instagram but other than that, his technological prowess was non existent. He shrugged, the constant pet names making him feel warm inside. “It’s alright. Here, taste this.” He leant the spoon over his shoulder so she could taste his cooking.