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Nick felt Charlie turning around in his arms and smiled as Charlie frowned in his sleep. He brought his hand up and stroked his thumb over Charlie’s eyebrows, trying to get him to stop frowning. Charlie sighed and blinked his eyes.
‘Good morning, baby,’ Nick smiled at Charlie’s confused face. ‘I still can’t believe I get to wake up next to you in our very own apartment.’ A grin broke out on Charlie’s face.
“Mmm, good morning you,’ he whispered. ‘I want to wake up like this for the rest of our lives.’ Nick pulled Charlie closer to him and Charlie happily leaned in.
‘Deal,’ Nick managed to breathe out before Charlie’s lips connected with his. The kiss was a little lazy, them being only half-awake, but there was a new feeling added to it. A feeling of promise and commitment and love, so much love. They cuddle for a while and after a few last pecks, Charlie rests his head in the crook of Nick’s neck and breathes in deeply. ‘I love you so much,’
‘I love you too,’ Nick smiles contently. ‘So much. Why don’t you stay in bed a little longer while I go make us some breakfast?’
‘You are the best,’ Charlie says pecking Nick’s cheek before getting himself comfortable again under the covers. Nick smiles at the sight. They had woken up in the morning next to each other quite a lot now, but waking up together in their own apartment was a completely new experience. A domestic feeling washes over him and he loves it.
They started moving their stuff to their first own apartment a week ago, but yesterday was the first time they actually slept here. When Nick graduated uni he worked really hard every day to save up the money they needed to be able to get their own apartment, and together with Charlie’s job he did in the evenings and weekends and a little support from their parents they finally had the money to get a loan for their apartment. They visited a couple of apartments but most of them were out of their price range. That was until they saw this one, a nice little apartment with two bedrooms and a cozy living room in a quiet neighborhood but not too far away from the city. Charlie had immediately fallen in love with it and Nick only needed to see the happiness on his boyfriend’s face to make the decision. So after a little renovating and painting followed by furniture shopping and moving their stuff, this new chapter in their life together could finally begin.
Nick opened one of the boxes in the kitchen looking for the kitchen utensils that hadn’t yet been unpacked. When he had finally found the pan he always used for pancakes at the bottom of a box he opened the cabinets to grab the ingredients he needs. He silently thanked himself for stopping at the grocery store yesterday to get some food for the first few days so they didn’t have to worry about that while unpacking and adjusting to their new life. He carefully weighed the flour, sugar and the baking powder and put them all together in the large bowl for mixing. Next he cracked the eggs, making sure the shell wouldn’t fall in the bowl, and added it to the mix together with the milk.
He had just started mixing everything together when he heard shuffling feet. He looked over his shoulder and saw Charlie walking towards him on his fuzzy pink socks he always wore in the morning. When he was close enough, Charlie wrapped his arms around Nick’s middle from behind and rested his cheek against Nick’s shoulder blade.
‘Still tired, baby?’ Nick asked. He felt Charlie nodding against his back.
‘Tired, but happy,’ Charlie replied. ‘So, so happy. I love watching you doing your magic in our kitchen.’
Nick laughed, turning off the mixer and putting it down next to the bowl. He turned around and scooped Charlie up and then put him down again on the countertop. Charlie’s legs locked around Nick’s middle and Nick pressed a kiss to Charlie’s lips.
‘Say that again.’ Nick whispered to Charlie’s mouth.
‘What, our kitchen?’
‘Mmmh, I love hearing you say that,’ Nick sighed. ‘It sounds so sexy.’
‘You are crazy,’ Charlie laughed, and oh how Nick loved hearing that sound. ‘Can I help you with something?’
‘You can try to mix everything in the bowl while I get some fruit?’ Charlie nodded and grabbed the mixer. Nick watched fondly how Charlie pokes his tongue out while concentrating on not getting the batter everywhere but in the bowl.
Nick managed to get a nice stack of pancakes out of the batter. Of course the first one had failed, but the rest of them looks pretty good actually. He sat down at their little kitchen table, waiting for Charlie to sit down too before he grabs a pancake. Charlie walks up to the table but doesn’t sit down. He looks at Nick sheepishly and Nick tilts his head at him, silently asking him what’s wrong.
‘Can I sit on your lap?’ Charlie asks quietly while rubbing his toes together. Nick thinks he can’t get any cuter than this.
‘Of course, baby,’ Nick says, pushing his chair back a bit and holding his arms out for Charlie. ‘Come here.’
Charlie sits himself down on Nick’s lap and Nick wraps one arm around his middle to keep him steady. He lays his head on Charlie’s shoulder and presses a kiss right underneath his earlobe. He notices the goosebumps spreading on Charlie’s neck.
‘I always love how clingy you get when we had sex,’ Nick whispers with a smug grin on his face.
‘Nick!’ Charlie cries, feeling the tips of his ear redden at the memory.
They were so tired yesterday from unpacking all day but the minute they laid down in their new bed for the first time the mood had shifted and all tiredness flew out the window. Nick and Charlie have been sexually active for quite a while now but yesterday it felt like they reached a whole new level of their sexlife. In their own apartment, they never had to be careful so no one could hear them, or walk in on them. Charlie seemed to like that, because Nick thinks he hasn’t heard Charlie being so loud throughout their relationship. They already had been heard in the past or had been walked in on by Nick’s mortified mother so they finally didn’t have to care about that. They do have a lot of experience together already. Sometimes they were in the mood for more rough sex, there had been quite a few quickies as well where Nick had just bended Charlie over on any object that was near and sometimes they preferred to make love. Last night they made love. It was so passionate and amazing that Charlie just couldn’t contain himself. Nick had tried to swallow all of his cries and moans while trying not to get too loud himself.
‘What? I just think it’s so cute how you still get all clingy and shy like we haven’t had sex so many times before.’ Nick grins. Charlie swats at Nick’s hand that’s splayed over his belly.
‘I really liked last night,’ Nick continues. ‘It felt so much different because it was our first time in our own place. God, I just love you so much!’
‘You’re a dork,’ Charlie giggles when Nick presses another kiss below his earlobe but leans back and rests his back completely against Nick’s chest. Nick wraps both of his arms tightly around his middle now. ‘But you’re right, I know what you mean. I really liked it too, and I really really love you too!’
Charlie angles his head so he’s able to press a kiss to Nick’s lips. What happens next is also a first probably, because they both start feeding each other. They had shared food before a lot but feeding each other like this was a first. Nick sticks a piece of pancake on his fork and brings it to Charlie’s mouth. Charlie happily munches on the piece and moans at how good it is before doing the same for Nick. They go on like that until more than half of the stack of pancakes is gone and they’re both full.
‘Thank you for making breakfast for us, it was delicious.’ Charlie smiles before pecking Nick on the lips again.
‘You deserve it, baby,’ Nick says. ‘Now, are you ready for some more unpacking?’
‘Do we have to?’ Charlie sighs. ‘I just want to keep cuddling and kissing you.’
Nick laughs and squeezes Charlie’s sides, making Charlie shriek.
‘Our friends are coming over later remember? Don’t you want them to see our apartment without all those boxes in it?’
‘Okay,’ Charlie sighs again, clearly not convinced. Nick knows how to get his boyfriend convinced by now.
‘I promise you will get to sit in my lap for the rest of the day once we’re finished unpacking and getting ready for tonight.’ Nick has never seen Charlie get up so fast out of his lap before.