"Do you ever think of me?"
The question is mumbled into the skin of his neck, where Steve's mouth is pressed.
Billy had thought Steve had fallen asleep, but. Surprise, surprise.
And it's honestly such a stupid question that he considers not answering it at all.
But, he knows better.
"Always," he murmurs, turning his head to press a sweet little kiss to Steve's forehead.
"You promise?" Steve whispers, his voice quiet and small, insecure. He gets like that, sometimes. Not as much as Billy, though.
"Cross my heart," he replies just as quietly, pressing another kiss to the bridge of Steve's nose, soothing him.
It works, if the soft little happy noise his boyfriend makes speaks for anything.
"Love doing this with you," Steve murmurs as he lifts his head, his face finally peering out from its hiding place and Billy can see that pretty face in the dark of their room.
He would know Steve's soul in the dark, just like this.
"You love doing nothing?" Billy smirks.
Steve nods, "With you."
It's so disgustingly sweet, it could almost make Billy sick.
What makes him feel worse is that he's been thinking the same thing for a while now.
Just laying here, in their bed, cuddled up and breathing has Billy beyond happy. It's peace. It's love. It's his.
It's theirs.
"Yeah," Billy whispers, turning onto his side to cup Steve's face in the dark, his lips finding that wide Cupid's bow far too easily, their noses gently bumping as he murmurs into his boyfriend's mouth, "Love doing nothing with you, too."
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"i don’t care if you want to act happy-go-lucky, but if you, the man who is above me, ever shows weakness, next time, the one leaving the crew will be me!" — "if the first words coming from usopp are a sincere apology, then we’re all good. otherwise, there’s no place here for him to come back to.”
i am ill, i am diseased; zoro shouldering the role of being the voice of reason, pulling rank as the first mate and reminding the rest of the crew that luffy, as easy going as he may be, is still their captain, is one to be respected, because a crew without respect and a leader who doesn't demand it is destined to fail. and you know it's serious when sanji agrees with zoro. they can't just welcome usopp back with open arms because he challenged the captain, lost, and left and “we’re not little kids playing pirates.”
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8 months solo dating someone in a polyam relationship and literally the weekend I wanted to have a relationship check in and ~confess my advancing feelings~ (falling in love (gay)) they get dumped by their nesting partner of over a decade and then dump me a week later because they're moving back to kentucky to be with family and yes i did tell them i loved them and yes it was unrequited. killing myself! just kidding but these last couple weeks have been brutal tbh. they're leaving tomorrow :(
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