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Chris is awoken from a much needed sleep by a cold hand shaking his shoulder, immediately knowing that it was Matt. His hands were always the coldest out of everyone in the family. "Chris?" Matt whispers in hopes not to startle his, now awake, brother.
"Matt? What are you doing awake," He glances at the clock on his bedside table and furrows his eyebrows in concern, "it's four in the morning."
The older of the two shrugs his shoulders while picking his nails. "I couldn't sleep, can I stay in here with you?"
Chris sat up in his bed. "Why couldn't you sleep? Did you have a nightmare or something?" He asks, genuinely worried about him. Matt sighs, "No, Chris, I just couldn't fall asleep. Now scoot over, you're hogging the whole bed."
While Chris does love his brother very much, he's apprehensive about him staying. "Matt, the last time we shared a bed you kicked me off and I hit my head on the nightstand."
Matt rolls his eyes and groans. "I'm tired and I want to cuddle, now move." He plops down next to Chris and wraps his limbs around his torso like a koala. An amused look spreads across Chris' face, not expecting Matt to be so moody at this time of night. "Looks like someone's Mattitude is acting up." He teases.
Matt lifts his head from where it was resting on Chris' chest and glares at him. "Nevermind, I'll go sleep with Nick." He untangles himself and goes to stand up before Chris' hands pull him back down by the waist. "Oh calm down, you baby, you're so dramatic." One of Chris' hands stays around Matt's waist while the other comes up to comb through his hair. Matt triumphantly smiles, knowing that he'd always end up getting his way.
"You're comfy," Matt exclaims, while trying to move impossibly closer to him. He looks up at Chris from his shoulder, "and you smell really good."
Chris runs his hand through Matt's hair and settles it on Matt's jaw, stroking his thumb back and forth along his cheekbone. He looks him in the eyes with the softest smile, it almost makes Matt melt. "What would I ever do without you?" Chris asks fondly.
Matt snickers, "That was the corniest shit I've ever heard in my life." Chris flicks him on the forehead, but still lightly laughs. "Shut up, we were having a moment. Now go to sleep before I reconsider this whole thing."
"Sir, yes sir!" Matt says in a soldier-like voice and reassumes the koala position. Smiling, Chris rolls his eyes at Matt's child-like antics and pulls the warm blankets over the both of them.
He pushes Matt's hair out of the way and kisses the spot on his forhead that he ficked. "Goodnight Matt, I love you." he whispers. Matt yawns and nuzzles his head into Chris' neck, "Love you too, Chris. Thank you."
They both fall asleep almost immediately, with Chris' hand running through Matt's hair.
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Nick wakes up the next morning craving a Denny's French Toast Slam (such a good meal omg). He gets up and walks down to Matt's room to wake him up but when he opens the door, he isn't there. Weird, he thinks to himself, Matt never wakes up this early.
He walks downstairs to Chris' room to wake him up and see if he knew where Matt was, but his question was answered as soon as he opened the door.
There on the queen sized bed were his two identical brothers, limbs tangled together and blankets askew everywhere. He smiles, pulls out his phone, and snaps a photo. That one's definitely going in the photo dump.