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"you know i don't like it though '' Alex looks at miles with a set pout formed over his lips and miles feigns the same innocent pout that lay over his lovers now. It's quite the scene if they both cared or rather were aware enough to be honest, alex with her stolen (from miles) tracky bottoms hastily wrapped around his ankles heavy on socks that seem to be nothing against a cold bathroom floor, that her feet wouldn't actually have to touch if weren't for a slightly annoyed miles holding down his jittering calf
alex would say that the toilet seat still being cold after all this time they've been sat here while she stalls is quite dramatic for a hunk of porcelain serving a quite straightforward purpose but he wouldn't want to further procrastinate obviously when faced with his mind reading lover head on
“Alex…sweetie it's almost been 2 hours i thought you wanted this” miles whines and drags put the “s” in his “this” his knees aching from being dug into by quite rude tiles where thin but effective long johns cling clad to his long legs, hunched over alex's somehow thinner legs though her meaty thighs serve as a welcome distraction to her obvious, overwhelming fear of needles.
Oh yeah that's right the god damn needle -it's his first estrogen injection.
Miles drops his head on alex's knee and holds up the packaged injector in the air just enough for alex to move her face away from it dreading miles next words “your gonna have to bloody do it yourself soon honey” words muffled and slurring and tired ,yes alex has been avoiding the inevitable since the prescription arrived at the lovely kane-turner household this morning alex groans with her hands racing over her face “don't say bloody” miles responds without a second between “can't help it love sorry”
Miles jolts his head up! He's forgotten something he got just for this!
“Mi? Where you going i'll take it do it i-” alex furrows her brows when miles returns with haste and box
“Check it out lovie” Miles tosses the box to Alex “oh!” alex gathers a smile so big it's like he can't even contain it with all the muscles in her face “this is so…really is quite the motivator” miles loves when he sees her smile like this being miserable isn't good look on his lover though it's quite common for it to swallow the frail light that glows around his love
Alex reads and scans the band aids box in haste like she can't even breathe until he's absorbed all the kiddie Batman imagery and branding from off the box it's coloured the traditional batman yellow and black with a Batman 86 design! It's bloody brilliant is what it is , though he could never tell his less pretentious but equally obsessed Batman loving fiance that she wasn't all for Ben Affleck in a trenchcoated Batman suit and that he could forgive miles for just finding him hot though as well
"Thank you really miles" he says, head finally lifting from the box to see a leaning-at-the-doorway miles amused and now he's walking towards her holding her face in his much warmer ,much less clammy than his own hands kissing her passionately. miles moves back adoringly and Alex's eyes are still closed and he's smiling a smile laced with a glorious euphoric 'miles just kissed me' bliss
"Your gonna be fine love I'm right here and I won't hurt you, trust me I've been doing the same thing for years honey ,nothing's gonna hurt you" Miles smiles even more and begins to say "this is what you deserve. I know you've been struggling with this for years I know how scared you were to tell me even I remember the nights you completely were unable to even look at yourself in the mirror or the reflection of you phone, your the most beautiful person I've ever known and I want you to see it yourself" he kisses her at the top of her head and stands up straight and there's crystal tears in his lovers eyes
"Shh..shh none of that now let's just do this and get you to bed or if you want we can just stay up and watch '86" Miles says with a goofy little face and Alex looks up at him and laughs softly and it's a beautiful scene.
"Whatever you want mi" and Miles smiles down on her and rubs her back further soothing his frayed nerves ,Miles scoots down onto the bathroom floor again and opens the syringe rubbing her leg when he feels a jolt.
All preparing of the alcohol pads and the testing of were to press the needle passes and miles finally manages to quickly insert the needle and hastily dispose of it pressing the bandaid to his lovers skin and applying a soothing motion with a finishing "there you go" and the warmest most content smile you could ever receive
"Thank you so much" Alex smiles contently at him eyes still glassy
That night they spend watching old Batman clips on YouTube with a quickly dwindling bowl of chex mix and Alex is of course is the one to fall asleep the quickest and miles turns the tv down to nothing but a supportive ambience and finds himself drifting off in the cold winter night as well.