Projector
Chatting in real life
Erik 🧲: *opens the door to their room*
Charles 📚: What did you do?
Erik 🧲: *pulls Charles into their room* welcome to our own personal cinema
Charles 📚: *stares around at the room*
Erik 🧲: I hooked a projector up to the ceiling and attached a screen to the ceiling which can be brought down so we can watch a film. I bought some blankets and some extra pillows because you're always cold and it will help your back after being hunched over your desk and I made a selection of snacks and drinks. I thought you might want to have a relaxing night in because it's a school night however at the weekend I've booked for us to go out for the evening.
Charles 📚: *speechless*
Erik 🧲: Do you like it?
Charles 📚: I'm speechless
Erik 🧲: *pulls Charles onto the bed*
Charles 📚: Thank you, this is the best date ever
Erik 🧲: It beats the Ritz?
Charles 📚: by far
Erik 🧲: I have a present for you
Charles 📚: no that's too much
Erik 🧲: *kisses Charles on the lips gently* please, let me treat you, you've done so much for me, let me do some things for you
Charles 📚: so long as you accept my gift
Erik 🧲: fine
Charles 📚: yayyyyy
Erik 🧲: Happy valentine's Day mein Schatz *hands Charles a small velvet box*
Charles 📚: *opens the box and gasps* oh Erik it's beautiful, did you make it? *Picks up a metal DNA pin badge*
Erik 🧲: I did, yes
Charles 📚: I love it, thank you, will you put it on my lapel?
Erik 🧲: of course *takes the pin and carefully fastens into the lapel of Charles' blazer*
Charles 📚: thank you *cups Erik's face in his hands then kissed him gently*
Erik 🧲: you're welcome
Charles 📚: Happy valentine's Day darling *hands Erik a record*
Erik 🧲: haha thank you Schatz
Charles 📚: I saw you eyeing it discretely when Wanda picked it up
Erik 🧲: evidently I wasn't discrete enough
Charles 📚: It's impossible for you to be discrete around me, as I spend most of my time looking at you
Erik 🧲: Are you objectifying me?
Charles 📚: no, more admiring your attractive physique
Erik 🧲: perv *kisses Charles briefly*
Charles 📚: I also have a little joke present
Erik 🧲: what is it?
Charles 📚: *pulls out a box and takes out two paper rings*
Erik 🧲: you didn't...
Charles 📚: *holds the rings out in his hand* I like shiny things but I'd marry you with paper rings, uh huh that's right, darling you're the one I want
Erik 🧲: I actually love you
Charles 📚: may I put it on you?
Erik 🧲: please do
Charles 📚: *slips the paper ring onto Erik's finger* I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
Erik 🧲: *throws himself onto Charles and kisses him passionately* you're incredible
Charles 📚: *chuckles then holds Erik close to his chest*
Erik 🧲: *takes the paper ring from Charles' hand* may I?
Charles 📚: *holds his hand out* of course
Erik 🧲: *slips the ring onto Charles' finger then kisses it gently*
Charles 📚: *giggles* that's the second time you've put a ring on me
Erik 🧲: I'd put a ring on you every day if I could to show you how much I love you
Charles 📚: *kisses Erik gently*
Erik 🧲: *looks at his ring then chuckles* this makes us look like children rather than grown adults
Charles 📚: I had the idea when we were a lot younger
Erik 🧲: when did you make these?
Charles 📚: ...when we were a lot younger
Erik 🧲: *kisses Charles passionately*
Charles 📚: *wraps his arms around Erik's neck to deepen the kiss*
Erik 🧲: *pulls away then rests his head on Charles' chest, wrapping his arms around him*
Charles 📚: *strokes Erik's hair*
Erik 🧲: I love you
Charles 📚: I love you too darling
Erik 🧲: I love being in your arms too
Charles 📚: I thought you liked holding me
Erik 🧲: I do, but there's something about being in your arms that's special.
Charles 📚: I wanna hold you
Erik 🧲: yayyyy
Charles 📚: *holds Erik tightly*
Erik 🧲: Want to watch a film?
Charles 📚: sounds good, you pick
Erik 🧲: What about murder on the Orient express?
Charles 📚: ooooo yesyesyes
Erik 🧲: I love Poirot
Charles 📚: I know
Erik 🧲: you know everything about me so I'm not surprised
Charles 📚: true, I do
Erik 🧲: *smiles up at Charles*
Charles 📚: I do love a bit of Poirot myself
Erik 🧲: we watched it together for the first time, remember?
Charles 📚: vividly, didn't you end up laying on me
Erik 🧲: oh yeah I did
Charles 📚: looks as though history will be repeating itself
Erik 🧲: at least this time I can do this *kisses Charles sweetly*
Charles 📚: honestly love, you could have done that the first time
Erik 🧲: I wish I did
Charles 📚: so do I *kisses Erik on the lips*
Erik 🧲: We really were idiots weren't we?
Charles 📚: yeah, we really were idiots
Erik 🧲: glad we figured it out in the end
Charles 📚: me too *tightens his hold on Erik*
Erik 🧲: You and me have a whole lot of history
Charles 📚: The phrase old friends does suggest that
Erik 🧲: true
Charles 📚: With us it sounds innocent until you know it includes: sex, alcohol, co-parenting, starting a school, separation and rescuing people who were being subjected to war crimes
Erik 🧲: we go way back
Charles 📚: *chuckles then kisses the top of Erik's head* film time?
Erik 🧲: sounds good, I'll put it on
Charles 📚: perfect - like you
Erik 🧲: *blushes*
Charles 📚: you blush so easily
Erik 🧲: only if it's you talking
Charles 📚: true, and that's the only way it shall be
Erik 🧲: forever and always
Charles 📚: always and forever