#d:para

It had been a good morning so far- that is until his arm was yanked from behind. Dakota yelped, ripping his headphones from his own ears and wrenching his arm out of the others grip. He quickly turned around to face the other. “The fuck is your--” He started, the mannerisms he’s adopted from Zac showing. He stopped short, his stomach dropping to his feet and his heart leaping into his throat. “Jasper..” He croaked, taking a hesitant step back. He’s been getting a mix of love and hate letters from this man as well the consistent voicemails. He’s ignored them all but he couldn’t very well ignore the man in front of him. He patted his pocket for his phone with a trembling hand, ready to call Zac.

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Dakota was coming down from his buzz as he unlocked Zacs foo with a little unsteady hands. He had gone out with some friends from the dance theatre to celebrate the holiday. They all got a good kick out of him being British, drunkenly telling him that they dumped his tea in the harbor. It was all in good fun and he had actually enjoyed himself. Although he had his reservations about alcohol, they managed to slip him two glasses of strawberry wine that was a bit more potent than he originally thought. He had a good time out, happy that he had some friends outside of Zacs. He stepped inside the flat, shutting the door behind him and letting out a soft sigh as he could see a glow of light coming from the living room. It was already 11:30 so he needed to stay quiet for the kids. He yawned, already tired and ready to get to bed just as the sleeping children he check in on were. He slipped off his jacket as he reached the living room, smiling tiredly as he saw his boyfriend. He was suddenly hit with how much he missed him while gone. He dropped his jacket over the back of the couch as he circled it. "I'm homeee." He murmured, crawling into Zacs lap and cuddling close in his little haze. He patted around blindly for Zacs hand, drawing it up to his head and into his hair with a soft sigh before burying his face into Zacs neck and relaxing his weight into the other entirely.

Dakota let go of Zacs hand to unlock the front door as quietly as possible. He let Rajah go ahead of him before lifting the car carrier and his suit case and taking the first step in. He set them down at the door and reached a hand back out for Zac to lead him in. It was then that he looked around the living room. His smile widened as everything was as he left it. It was a little messy yes, but the pictures of his childhood still lined the walls and the couch still had the pomegranate stain that he had gotten on it. His awards for dance still on shelves. “Mum!” He called out, happiness filling him. “I’m home!” His accent seemed to get thicker just by being in London.

Dakota pounced on Zac, giving him an obnoxious kiss on his cheek. Aladdin jumped off the bed and Dakota smiled against his boyfriends cheek before placing more giddy kisses down Zacs jaw. "I'm going to go take a quick shower okay?" He mumbled, before pulling back to give him a proper kiss. "Try not to miss me too long." He murmured against his lips before sitting up and climbing off of him to walk over to Zacs dresser. He has his own clothes here but he preferred Zacs because they smelled like him. "I'm stealing a shirt." He commented as he looked though his selection, pulling out an olive green one. He set the chosen shirt on top of the dresser and closed it up, humming to himself. He shrugged out of his shirt, tossing it in the hamper and then reaching up to let his unruly hair out of its bun. He had no qualms about getting in undressed in front of him. He patted his sweat pocket, feeling his phone and taking it out. "Hey, love." He called, turning back to Zac. "Mind hanging onto my phone? Just answer anyone that calls or texts and tell them I'll talk to them later yeah?" He asked, tossing the phone over to his boyfriend before shucking his sweats and tossing those in the hamper as well. "I'll be out in a bit." He called back before shutting the bathroom door behind him so none of the heat escaped into Zacs room and made it hot. @itsonlyzac

Sunlight streamed in through the windows and warmed Dakotas already flushed skin as he laid beside Zac. The blankets ruffled and tangled in his legs as he had kicked them off to climb atop of Zac this morning to start his birthday off. His body ached in the best of ways and he now sunk into the mattress all relaxed and sated. He took this time to admire Zac further, drawing slow lines into his chest that morphed into words and into hearts and stars. A poem that only he knew was pressed into the warm body beneath his fingertips. He drew out many forms of 'I love you's and hoped that Zac couldn't tell from all the motions. His eyes marked the curve of Zacs jaw and the way the light reflected off of the hair on his head, making it look brighter. He wanted to run his fingers through it again. He was always taken by surprise when he looked at Zac. He was always more beautiful than the last time he saw him. Maybe it's because he looked at him through rose colored lenses or maybe it's because everything was heightened ten times more now that he had told Zac how he felt. Maybe it was just that Zac grew more beautiful with age. Either way, his boyfriend was breathtaking. Dakota turned his head once his head, pressing kisses to his boyfriends shoulder lazily. "Happy Birthday Zachary Williams." He grinned, now shifting to lay on top of him, resting his chin on his arms which lay on Zacs chest. "Officially twenty-seven, how do you feel?" He asked, just a bit in the teasing side but kept his tone soft. He pushed his hair back, curls wild from both sleep and early morning activities. He wanted to see Zac without his hair in the way. He was on vacation which meant he wasn't going to get up early to jog or do yoga, he could stay in bed with his love and not care about the rest of the world. Of course he'd stay in bed no matter where they were because it was Zacs birthday but the sentiment still applied for the rest of their vacation. "Are you free today or do you want to hang out with Flynn and Alexei for a bit?" He asked, biting his lip. Things were still a bit off between them since what happened in London and he was trying to get them back to normal. He reached a hand up, thumbing over Zacs cheek and settling on where he knew a dimple was buried. Dakota was doing his best to not be too clingy with Zac because of course they had lives outside of eachother. So he made sure not to plan anything in stone for the two of them in case Zac wanted to be elsewhere before the party on the yacht he was renting. He especially didn't want Zac to feel trapped with his clinginess after London. He took measures to not outright say the words to him so he didn't feel confined to the point where he needed to run. He knew zac hadn't been ready to hear the words, at least not under those circumstances so he wasn't quite sure when to say them. He had done his best to write words down to explain himself using a language that zac loved: poetry. "I've got gifts, wait here." He murmured then, leaning in to give zac a kiss and then pulling away to leave. He then thought better of it, one kiss not being enough even though he was only going across the room. He kissed him again, deeper this time, pressing his fingers to Zacs cheek. "Mmmm." He hummed before pulling away, his eyes still closed. "One more." He mumbled kissing him again. "Okay, be right back." He said against Zacs lips, pulling away from Zac and getting off the bed. The sheets fell away from his body, naked skin susceptible to the light air as he went to his suitcase. He was no longer embarrassed of his body around Zac as he has made it sing so many times. How could he be embarrassed when he had only just a little bit ago had been so unabashed with the way zac' hands had been on him. He hummed as he pulled out the journal and the poetry book with the bookmark saved on the page he wanted Zac to see first. He ran back to bed, jumping on and landing next to Zac. "Tadaaa." He presented the books to him, a blush only now covering his cheeks as he hoped zac would like his gift. There was no way he could top Zacs gift to him so he felt like maybe he could have done better but this is what he decided on. "If you um- if you already have that book you could just give it to Amy or something..." Dakota trailed off, cursing himself for not looking over Zacs collection of books more carefully. @itsonlyzac