Snowcrowmc, fluff
This drabble comes courtesy of @littlebommetje who commented that Sylus's legs were so long for the purpose of ‘wrapping himself around kitten like an octopus so no escape can occur’, which reminded me of this silly little thing that has been rotting in my drafts for months.
It was supposed to be just a short nap. You’d come home from work, tired and slightly achey, and the sight of Sylus sprawled in bed, after he’d been away on business for so long, was too tempting to resist. So after a quick shower you’d curled up next to him and… next thing you knew you were waking up disoriented, sweating, and feeling like there was a weight on your chest.
Wait. No. There was a weight on your chest. You cracked your eyes open blearily to be greeted by the sight of tousled silver hair from Sylus’s head nuzzled into the side of your neck. He was practically on top of you, limbs wrapped around you like a feverish octopus. (Could cephalopods get fevers? You’d have to ask Zayne later.) In the winter you usually appreciated his body heat, but now it was just overwhelming.
“Sy, you’re squishing me,” you whispered, pushing gently at his shoulder. He just grumbled something unintelligible and held you even tighter, not even waking. “Sylus!” You squirmed uselessly against him, but each motion seemed to only make him hold you tighter.
A soft chuckle drew your attention to your other lover, sitting across the room in a pool of lamplight, an open book in his hand.
“Zayne,” you whined, reaching an entreating hand out to him. “Help me, I’m being suffocated.”
“If you can talk you can breathe,” he said, casually turning a page. “Sound like you’re fine to me.”
“I’m being suffocated and squashed and baked. Soon all you’ll have left of me is a pancake.”
“I could go for pancakes right now.” At your glare he laughed softly and relented, putting aside his book and strolling over to the bed. “What do you want me to do? This?” He trailed a finger from your cheekbone down your neck to your clavicle, leaving lacy patterns of frost in its wake. You shivered at the contact, the frost feeling like bliss on your overheated skin.
“Or this?” He hooked a finger into the neckline of your tanktop, pulling it down slightly, the path of the frost continuing between your breasts and down, down…
Out of nowhere, red-black tendrils of energy wrapped around him and yanked him onto the bed next to you. He landed with a soft yelp, squashed against you by the tendrils. Before either of you could get your bearings, Sylus struck. His arm wrapped across Zayne’s waist, leg crossed across your body to wrap over Zayne’s thigh, pinning him to the mattress.
“Too noisy,” Sylus grumbled into your neck. “‘M trying to sleep.”
You were trapped even more than you had been at the beginning, squashed between two large bodies. You met Zayne’s eyes in mutual startlement for a moment before scowling.
“Now look what you’ve done.” You hissed, trying to keep your voice down.
“How is this my fault?” He responded in a whisper.
“If you’d just helped me out when I asked you-”
“You were more than capable-”
“Quiet,” Sylus’s voice rumbled out, hoarse from sleep. He raised his head, eyes bleary, to glare at the both of you. “I have been awake for 27 hours straight. I have been shot at, disrespected, and forced to endure the most tedious meetings known to man. You can either sleep quietly with me… or I can make you. Any objections?”
You and Zayne glanced at each other, then mutely shook your heads.
“I mean, you’re kinda squishing me, Sy,” you said meekly. He sighed as if asked to endure a great ordeal, then pushed himself off. You rolled onto your side, and he pulled you snug against his chest, body curved against your spine, with your cheek pillowed on Zayne’s shoulder.
Within moments his breathing deepened into a peaceful rhythm again, body going slack and heavy against yours in sleep. He was still blazing hot, but with Zayne on your other side, his cool shoulder under your cheek, it felt cozy instead of overwhelming. You could almost feel his sleepiness seeping into you, as if by osmosis. You shut your eyes, nestling deeper into Zayne’s side while sliding a hand up under his loose pajama shirt. His muscles twitched instinctively under your touch.
“Zayne,” you mumbled on the verge of unconsciousness. “Can octopi get fevers?”
“What?” His hand paused in the motion of twining his fingers with yours. But if he answered further you don’t hear it, having already slipped under into sleep.