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Roach had never felt so tired and achy. His head was throbbing and the world around him seemed to be spinning. He felt like he was about to pass out.
The adrenaline had worn off on their flight back and now every step felt like he was trying to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. He doubted that he was going to make it back to his room. And even if he did, he was just gonna pass out on the floor and stay there for probably the entire rest of the day and maybe the next one too. In full tactical gear.
"Bug." he heard someone say behind him and then he felt himself getting grabbed by the shoulder. He didn't have the energy to fight it, barely turned around and stared at the other man with tired eyes.
"Ghost." He didn't manage to say it out loud. He just formed it with his lips. His shoulders dropped, losing the little tension he had left in him. Ghost immediately stepped closer, grabbing the other man and wrapping his arms around the younger one's back.
"It's okay, Bug. I'm here." Ghost mumbled, holding him up right while Roach melted into him more and more.
"Let's get you to your room. I'll text Johnny to get you a snack and some comfy clothes while we get you showered." Roach started shaking his head as quickly as he could.
Tired, he signed, staring up at the other man with begging puppy eyes.
"You are stinky, Bug. I promise you have to do nothing, I'm gonna get you cleaned up but you really do need a shower and after that some food." Ghost laughed, leaning down and picking his boyfriend up.
He didn't care about the looks they got. Nobody was brave enough to say something to The Ghost anyway so he was more than fine just carrying his boyfriend to his room. While he was walking through the hallway, he pulled out his phone and placed a call to Johnny, asking him for some food and some clothes so Roach could be comfortable.
When they got to the room, Ghost sat Roach down on the bed and started stripping him down. His helmet was the first thing to go, landing on the ground together with his goggles. Then he grabbed his vest, opening it up and pulling it off.
Roach felt a little like a puppet, getting undressed and moved around by his boyfriend like a doll. But he was okay with it. He had closed his eyes and had fallen back onto the mattress and stretched out there. Ghost hadn't really tried to stop him. He just kept opening Roach's pants and shoes and undressed him till he was only in his underwear.
"Don't fall asleep, Bug, I'm gonna quickly undress too and then we're gonna take a shower." Roach shook his head but there was a soft smile on his lips, knowing that he did not have a choice. But for now, he did not really mind. He knew that Ghost meant it when he said that he would do all the work.
It took him about three minutes to get undressed and return to Roach, pick him up again and carry him to their bathroom.
Roach was mostly awake while Ghost went into the shower with him. They sat down on the bottom of the shower and Roach leaned against Ghost while the older one started washing off the dirt and sweat from Roach's body.
He could still remember the beginning of their relationship. When he was still embarrassed to let Simon or Johnny see him like that. Too tired to move. Smelling bad. Being sticky from sweat and greasy and dirty and disgusting. It had gotten easier quickly. They had all been there. And they were all at this point often.
Roach would wash Ghost after hard missions just like Ghost did it for him. And the situation wasn't any different with Soap. They were all showing up for their partners and no one had to be embarrassed about not being able to do it themselves.
"You still good, Bug?" Ghost whispered and wiped the water out of Roach's eyes so it wouldn't burn from shampoo.
Roach turned so Simon could see his hands better and started signing. Tired, hungry. "I know you want sleep, Bug, but are you still okay?" Roach formed the Okay-sign with his hand and grinned at the other man. Simon laughed, wrapped his arms around him tightly and squeezed the smaller body.
"I'm just gonna make sure the shampoo is all out of your hair and then we can go look if Johnny's already here. He said, he'll be quick." "Johnny..." Roach whispered. His voice was a little rough and so slurry, he barely understood himself but Simon just smiled softly.
"Should I be offended that you talk for him but not for me?" he asked before turning the water back on and finishing up Roach's hair.
Recharged, signed Roach und Ghost chuckled. "Don't worry, love. I'm happy to see him after a mission too. Now hold on, we'll get out of the shower now."
Roach felt like a child when Ghost wrapped him in a big comfy towel and then send him to check if Johnny was already in the bedroom.
And he was.
"Love bug, hey!" Johnny jumped up and came over from the bed, wrapping his arms around the towel roll that was his boyfriend.
"You okay after the mission? Four limbs? Ten toes, ten fingers?" he asked, this big smile on his face that made Gary feel all warm and fuzzy in his stomach. Roach smiled back at him, opening his arms, keeping the ends of the towel in his hands so he didn't drop it.
Johnny laughed at the sudden flashing he got. "Glad to see everything is still where it belongs. Now let's get you dressed, you slut."
Roach wrapped the warm towel back around himself and followed Soap to the bed, waddling like a penguin. He dropped the towel back to the floor and put on fresh underwear before letting himself drop onto the bed. Soap put socks on him before moving up to sit next to his torso.
"You healed well." he said softly, rubbing his hand over the tiny but purple colored scars around Roach's nipples.
Keyhole surgery had been the best option for him since he had had small breasts to begin with and could easily bulk his chest a little with muscle to make the tiny bit of loose skin look all natural.
You like them?, Roach signed, looking up to Soap with a hopeful glimmer in his eyes. "They're beautiful, Gary. You look so incredible, love bug." Soap assured him with a soft smile and leaned down to give him a kiss.
"Now sit up. You need to eat a few bites before going to sleep."
Roach nodded, getting too tired to keep signing so he just stared at Soap with a questioning expression.
"I made you a sandwich. I thought you would probably get that in pretty quick and then you could fall asleep without feeling totally starved when you wake up." Johnny explained calmly, unfolding a shirt he had picked up from the mattress and pulling it over Roach's head and then guiding his arms through the long sleeves.
Judging by the size of the shirt, it originally belonged to Simon. Judging by the familiar smell of it, Johnny had stolen it. And Gary was more than happy that he was now allowed to wear it.
He pushed the long sleeves up his forearms and then took the sandwich from Johnny.
Ghost reappeared next to them, sitting down on the mattress as well. He looked around the room, his brows furrowed like he was trying to remember something.
"I already cleaned everything up. Most of the stuff needed a wash desperately so I took care of that and the stuff from your pockets I put onto the dresser." the Captain explained. Ghost nodded, thanking him without having to say it out loud. Then he leaned over and pressed a soft kiss to his lips.
Looked like Soap had two mute boyfriends for the rest of the day.
Roach took way too big bites which caused Soap to pat his stomach lightly again and again to make him slow down. But it just ended with smaller bites but faster eating. Roach hadn't even realized how much he felt like he was starving.
Finally he had finished his food and let himself just drop back, his entire body going limb to signal to his partners that there was no way he was going to do one more thing.
"I think our love bug is really out of it for today." Johnny smirked and pulled the blanket out from under Gary. He laid down closest to the wall, pulled Roach against his chest and covered them both with the blanket. Ghost laid down on the other side of Roach, taking his own blanket but moving close enough for the youngest to feel his heat.
Roach pressed a kiss to Johnny's neck, then he turned and did the same with Simon before finally settling down, being asleep the second he closed his eyes.
"Must have been a rough mission." Soap smiled, brushing his hand through the still wet hair of his boyfriend before getting himself even more comfortable.
Ghost nodded, moving a little closer and wrapping his big arm around both of his partner's, carefully petting Soap's back to relax him a little. Their mouths couldn't reach without both of them having to push themselves up again or without squeezing Gary to death between them. So Soap just blew him a kiss, smiling softly while burying his face in Roach's hair and finally allowing himself a break too. He closed his eyes and settled in for sleep, feeling Ghost do the same as his arm relaxed and felt a little heavier lying on him.