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Remus sighed as he stared up at his ceiling, thinking about how late it was and how much the universe clearly didn’t want him sleeping. It was nearly one in the morning, which wouldn’t have been too late for him if he wasn’t usually cuddling a nerd half to death by now. Moving in with Logan meant a lot of changes, a good chunk of the dealing with his nightly routine. Logan made sure he actually brushed his teeth and made Remus promise to wear more pajamas for the trade off that Logan would wear less - sure, Remus really liked the fluffy pajamas that Logan gifted him, but for a nerd, Logan had really nice abs - and Logan made him go to sleep at a decent hour almost every night after promising it meant he would get more cuddle time.
On this particular night, Logan was absolutely not holding up his en of the deal and, for once, Remus was not happy about it. Ordinarily, he would use it as an excuse to fire up his Xbox and stay up far past whenever Logan actually went to bed, but he was in a really cuddly mood, okay?! So, Remus slid out of bed and slipped on his favorite raccoon slippers, another gift from Logan, before heading into their apartment’s kitchen, finding Logan exactly where he always was when he was staying up this late, studying.
“Logan, do you realize what time it is?” he asked, adding as much sass as he could, for some extra flavor.
Logan hummed as he checked the time, keeping his eyes on his computer screen as he responded. “Yes, it is 12:58 in the morning. I realize you probably want to go ahead and start playing video games, I get it, I"m juts finishing up my studying for this one class...”
“No, you can study in the morning,” Remus whined, going over and resting his head on Logan’s shoulder. “I want to cuddle my favorite boy toy...”
“I’m working on homework, Remus. I can’t go to bed yet. Give me another hour or... Three, I don’t know, I just need to make sure I understand all of these concepts.”
“Okay, well, what I’m not going to do is let you stay up until four in the morning studying. I know you would hate yourself when you actually woke up for class. Even now is way too late for you, just come to bed.” He wrapped his arms around Logan’s waist and gently tugged him away from his computer, though Logan wasn’t budging.
“Remus, I’m working,” he said a bit more sternly. “You knew when you moved in here that, as a chemical engineer major, I would be spending quite a few late nights working on assignments or on studying, just give me a little more time.”
“True, but you’re also said that you need me to make sure you get a decent night’s sleep after because, otherwise, you’d never remember anything and your late night would’ve been made a waster, purely because you decided it would be a good idea to stay up too late. Come on, I’m sure you’ve studied more than enough for one night! You have a class at nine in the morning and, more importantly, you’ve got an entire man here who needs cuddling.”
Logan rolled his eyes, more frustrated from the late hour than from his boyfriend’s shenanigans. “Really? Where? Because All I see is a child begging for attention.”
Remus pouted and wrapped his arms more tightly around Logan’s wist. “I know you meant for that to be hurtful, but I’ll forgive it because it is one in the morning and I know your little nerd body is not used to staying up that late. All I ask is that you come with me quietly before Virgil Jr and Virgil Jr the second pelt you over the head.”
“Does Virgil know that you named your raccoon slippers after him?”
Remus shrugged. “He knows that I’ve lovingly given them names based off of him and his love for over dramatic eye shadow, which is close enough.”
Logan sighed and checked the time before shrugging. “Surely, I’ll be alright if I only get about six hours of sleep. As a freshman, I used to get less sleep and I would function just fine.”
“Yeah, but you also told me about how much you wish you hadn’t done that. Plus, you have to drive to class now.”
Logan just shrugged and got back to work, seemingly done with the conversation.
Remus huffed and released his grip on Logan’s waist. If Logan wanted to play this the hard way, Remus could play this the hard way. He grabbed the seat of Logan’s chair and whipped the entire thing around to face him before climbing up and sitting on Logan’s lap. Before Logan could react, Remus wrapped his arms around him and held him close, acting like a giant teddy bear.
“Remus,” Logan warned, though most of the harshness in his tone was gone. “I have work to do and you... You should not be this warm and comfortable to cuddle, this isn’t fair.” Logan started to give in, closing his eyes and leaning into Remus’s warm hug. “These pajamas are the best and worst gift I’ve ever given you.”
Remus shrugged. “I figured you’d be too tired to be horny for me to take them off and seduce you, so I figured I might as well use them to my advantage. Is it working?”
Logan responded with a few quiet snores, already asleep.
Remus snickered and carefully got off of Logan’s lap, picking him up and taking him to bed. He put Logan down and wrapped him tightly in their blanket before going and cleaning up the kitchen, knowing that the only thing that would annoy Logan more than knowing he fell asleep would be knowing that he left all of his stuff out. Once he was sure that everything looked neat enough, he went back to join Logan in bed, smiling sheepishly as his boyfriend glared at him from his very secure blanket burrito.
“If you’re going to trap me here, the very least you can do is cuddle me,” Logan complained. “It’s not nearly comfortable enough for me to sleep.”
“Not the complaint I was expecting, but I’ll take it!” Remus jumped into bed beside him and unwrapped the blanket before wrapping himself around Logan and sighing contently.
Logan scooted forward the tiniest bit and rested his head against Remus’s chest before going right back to sleep.
Remus kissed the top of his head before shutting his own eyes. Maybe having a bed time wasn't so bad.