#chantus

Sunlight filters through the curtains and onto Anti's face, slowly waking him. He groans quietly and lifts his arm to covers his eyes, only to find them trapped. A soft smile forms on his face as he looks down and recognises the arms of his boyfriend's wrapped around him, holding him tight. He's already halfway turned towards Angus, so he moves closer to hide his face in the pirate's shoulder. He hears a quiet huff and feels one of the arms around him tighten.

"Morning, angelfish. Your nose is cold," Angus murmurs as he threads his fingers through Anti's hair. Anti cuddles up closer with a quiet giggle, careful not to wake the sleeping man behind him.

"Morning," he whispers. He leans back just enough so he can look up and place a soft kiss to Angus' cheek. His eyes meet deep green ones and his smile widens. With the slow, rhythmic sway on the boat and the gentle movements in his hair, his eyelids start to droop as sleep starts to draw him in again.

The spell is broken as Chase stirs behind him. The fisherman shuffles closer with a quiet sound and Angus takes his hand out of Anti's hair to reach over to him. Anti turns his head carefully, seeing Chase's sleepy smile as he blinks slowly.

"Hey, baby boy. Did we wake you up?" Angus asks. Chase hums in reply, shaking his head and leaning even closer. Anti is starting to get squished between his boyfriends at this point, but he's certainly not complaining, happy to have them close. They're usually up and about already by now, and while he understands that they have work to do, he likes cuddles.

As he feels Chase rest his chin on his shoulder, Anti thinks about just how lucky he is to have these two. When Chase first hauled him up in his net, he was terrified, but now, he doesn't feel safer anywhere else but with them.

Angus draws his hand back and pushes himself to sit up, drawing a whine from Chase. Before he can get up, Anti breaks out of Chase's hold and scrambles to get into his lap. He makes sure to avoid that... thing between Angus' legs that he still doesn't quite understand; he learnt the hard way what happens when he isn't careful. He clings onto Angus' shoulders, the sleeves of the pirate's shirt falling down to his elbows.

"You don't have to get up just yet, right? Come on, cuddle with us a little while longer," he says, giving Angus a pleading look and a pout. Angus sighs and looks between him and Chase, who Anti guesses is also giving Angus his best puppy eyes.

After a moment, Angus rolls his eyes and lies back down on the bed with Anti in his arms. Chase quickly cuddles up to them again, sharing a victorious grin with Anti.

"If you two had your way, we'd stay in bed all day," Angus grumbles, but there's no heat in his tone.