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Dom had always had an issue with insomnia. He wasn't sure how or even why it started, but it inconvenienced him to no end. It got especially bad during the summer, when the heat is at an all-time high and the nights are just brutal to endure. During these nights, Dom would usually be up all night only to fall asleep one hour before his alarm clock went off.
He'd tried everything, he tried powering off his phone at night so he wouldn't get distracted, he tried melatonin, he tried counting sheep.. he was due to go on a stronger dose of melatonin soon, but that wasn't going to happen until the next 3 weeks.
So here he was, late at night in the middle of July trying his best to ignore the heat while also trying to get to sleep. He had a fan set up in his room to try and give himself some cool air, but it didn't help much. With no other option, he picked up his phone and opened his contact list.
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Meanwhile, Boombox was at home, still up for no particular reason. He'd like to think he wasn't as affected by the random heat waves as his friends were, but it still did keep him up some nights.
He figured he'd use the time he's up to be useful and try and get some music production done. He'd been procrastinating on a certain project for far too long, however this was due to the fact he simply had no idea where to go with it. Right as he was about to get to work, his phone buzzed.
He picked up the phone and put it to his ear without reading the name of the caller.
“Hello?”
“.. hi Boombox..”
The musician nearly jumped at the voice on the other end, it was quiet and raspy, slightly tired sounding.
“Dom? Why are you calling this late? Is everything okay?”
“.. ‘m fine.. just wanted to see how you were doing..”
Boombox smiled, holding the phone to his ear with his shoulder as he continued rummaging around his apartment for his laptop.
“Well, I'm about to start trying to make progress on a thing I've been putting off- hey there it is! Sorry, yeah. That's where I'm at right now, how about you? The nights been treating you roughly?”
“I guess.. I have a fan set up but… ‘s not doing me much help.. you know how I get at night anyways..”
Boombox bit the inside of his cheek. He knew Dom suffered from insomnia, and he also knew that it got particularly bad during the summer. Dom told him this one night when Boombox was sleeping over.
.. wait.
“Do you want me to come over?” He asked, the sudden rustling on the other end gave the impression to him that Dom wasn't expecting that question.
“W-well.. I wouldn't mind- but don't you have to sleep?”
“Nah, my schedule's clear tomorrow. I'm free to spend the night if that's what you want.”
“.. okay. Be quick please.”
“I'll do my best, love you Dommy!”
The musician could hear the idol in the other end laugh quietly at the nickname.
“Love you too BB. See you soon.”
So, the call ended. Boombox put his laptop on the couch as he walked into his room to grab his bag and the things he'd need to spend the night at Dom’s place. Pillows, blankets, some of his favorite plushies..
With all those things inside his bag and with the route to Dom's house memorized, Boombox left his apartment and went off in the middle of the night to spend the night with his boyfriend.
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Dom had been zoning out the 20 minutes after he got off the phone with Boombox. A small part of him felt bad, he didn't want his boyfriend staying up and losing sleep just because he couldn't sleep. Yet he couldn't deny that having someone to stay by his side at this moment felt necessary.
He was snapped out of his train of thought by a knock at the door, Boombox surely.
Dom pulled himself out of bed and dragged himself to the door lazily, opening it and trying his best to smile at Boombox. He took notice of the outfit the musician was wearing, shorts with a tank top and flip-flops.
“Hey Dom! Sorry it took a bit longer than usual, finding a bus at this hour is surprisingly difficult.”
The idol hummed lowly in acknowledgement. He allowed the musician to step inside and shut the door behind them as the two made it into the idols room. Dom fell face first onto the mattress and pillow, causing Boombox to giggle as he sat on the other side of the bed.
He opened his bag and pulled out the pillows and blankets he had, shaking Dom gently.
“Hey, you wanna help me with a blanket fort?” Boombox asked. The taller demon sat up near instantly and started nodding rapidly, excitement clear by his facial expression.
“Great, we should probably move to the living room for this though..” Boombox scratched his cheek as his picked up the blankets and pillows and began to move towards the living room as Dom followed closely behind. The musician set the supplies on the couch as he began to picture how he wanted the fort to look.
Dom, on the other hand, trudged away to his closet in the hallway. He opened it up and grabbed some random wooden sticks he had. He always had these since he enjoyed making forts as a kid and even enjoyed it now, so he figured it'd be better to have these as safe keeping. Good to know these would actually come in handy now.
He walked back to his boyfriend and placed the sticks on the couch, giving the musician a thumbs up as he did. Boombox couldn't help but giggle. He propped up one of the poles and wrapped a blanket around the base so it would stay in place.
Dom watched as his boyfriend set things up and smiled softly, beginning to zone out again.
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After a little while later, the blanket fort was complete. Dom and Boombox had huddled together inside as the two talked about random topics. It was nice, Dom rested his head in Boombox’s hair and began to purr as he did, while his boyfriend kept rambling on and on about how his day went. He liked hearing Boombox talk.
Having Boombox around felt like a massive well-needed distraction from his sleeping issue, he hadn’t even once thought about how late it was or how tired he was going to be in the morning because Boombox was there with him. If Boombox was there, everything would be okay.
He didn’t even recognize his own yawn until the musician suddenly stopped in his ramble to look up at him with surprise and slight awe visible in his eyes.
“Did you yawn? You sound so cute!” He exclaimed, reaching his hands up to squish at Dom’s face as the other closed his eyes and made a quiet mmhrr noise in response to being squished.
“Yyyeeah.. i think..-” He was going to continue his sentence before yawning again, rubbing his eye and trying to look away from his boyfriend out of embarrassment. This proved to be futile though as the musician cupped his face and started squishing his face again as he giggled.
“Don’t worry about it sweets, I think you sound adorable when you yawn like that.” The musician chirped, giggling again when he saw the idol’s face flush up in purple. Putting his teasing aside for now though, Boombox put 2 and 2 together in his head and realized Dom must be getting tired.
“You wanna try and go to bed, Dom?” He asked. The idol gave a small noise in response, nuzzling up to Boombox and nodding slowly. Boombox carefully shifted them so they’d be laying down, Dom still holding Boombox in his arms with a firm grip. Almost as if he was scared of him suddenly leaving or being taken away. The musician kissed his cheek carefully to attempt to ease his mind then started getting comfortable himself.
The idol, on the other hand, felt his eye begin to get heavy. He didn’t know what time it was, he didn’t know what time he’d wake up. None of it mattered right now though, he was comfortable. He was content with where he was resting. He has his boyfriend in his arms, a comfortable fort to sleep in, as well as a long day he can use to sleep.
To Dom? Nothing could be better than this. As he slowly drifted off to sleep, he kissed Boombox’s forehead and muttered a quiet “I love you” before closing his eyes and finally going to sleep.