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It was another one of those nights, a night where Rodger stayed slumped at his desk for most of the night, writing down his theories in a crazed manner. He got more notes down, sure, but as the night progressed they got a little bit more concerning…
Leaning back in his desk chair with a huff, Rodger came to terms with how tired he was. His own bed wouldn’t do at this state, nothing would. Luckily, he happened to be quite close with a certain toon whos whole thing was sleep.
Stretching lazily as he trudged over to the elevator, Rodger pressed the button to call it up and waited. He was quite lucky, managing to get some sense in before he pulled another all nighter that month and thus another scolding from his beloved.
The elevator opened, Rodger stepped in and pressed the button that would bring him down to Astros floor.
The elevator hummed as it went down. Finally opening on the space themed floor.
Rodger slowly walked through the area on his way to Astros bedroom, still groggy from fatigue and admiring the calming decorations, he finally reached a door that read “STAFF ONLY”.
The mains were quite privileged, not only getting their own floors but also having their own room far away from anyone else. It’s one of many reasons the detective preferred sleeping in Astros room rather than his own.
Knocking softly, Rodger waited for a few seconds before quietly opening the door, eye immediately drawn to the bed that was bigger than the hopes of passing a floor with both Twisted Goob and Twisted Scraps.
Rodger noticed the moon man was most likely sleeping, luckily he was known for being quite a deep sleeper, so it wasn’t that difficult to sneak in on the edge of the bed.
“Rodger? What are you doing up so late, again.” A soft voice startled the tired detective, his head snapping in the direction of the voice next to him in the bed.
“Ah- my apologies, Mr- er- Astro! It is another one of those nights…” Rodger sighed, shifting on the soft mattress that felt quite heavenly.
Astro sat up slightly, a tired frown on his face as he stared at the magnifying glass.
“This is the fourth time this month you’ve had another attempt at an all-nighter… and it’s what-“ Astro glanced over at his calendar “Only the 9th?” Rodger glanced away in shame.
The dreamer huffed, lazily stretching out his upper arms in a motion for Rodger to join him. Rodger wasted no time and immediately cuddled close to his partner, the two incredibly close as they got comfy.
“You know how I feel about you staying up like that…” Astro mumbled, his finger playing with the ribbon on Rodgers handle. The detectives head buried in his chest.
“I know, and I apologize. I need to ensure I have a hypothesis down so I can analyze it in the morning.” Rodgers arms were wrapped around Astros lower back.
Astro grumbled, but there was no malice behind it.
“Rodger if this happens one more time this week I will start dragging you here myself like I did back last month.” Astro pulled back to look Rodger in his eye.
The detective blinked, eye darting away to look at the posters on the wall instead of making eye contact. “I am… aware…” The memory was quite humiliating.
Astro sighed, not wanting the few hours remaining before breakfast to go by without sleep. So, he pressed a gentle kiss to the magnifying glasses upper frame, akin to a forehead kiss, and pulled him close again. His upper arms on his head and upper back while his lower arms wrapped around his waist, not too tightly as to keep movement freedom.
“Mm, goodnight love.” Astro mumbled, his eye shutting.
Rodger, despite dating Astro for atleast 2 months, the detective was still quite horrible at affection. So to say he was flushed from the sudden kiss was an understatement.
Hesitantly getting more comfortable, his mind wandering as he got closer to sleep. Closing his eye as he got more and more tired.
“I wish I had a mouth…” Rodgers mumbled.
“What was that?”
“… I said nothing.”
Astro pulled back enough to look his boyfriend in the eye, or well, one sided eye contact. Rodgers eye was wide in embarrassment and staring off into nothing (or well, Astros chest technically).
“Apologies, Mr. Novalite, I find myself speaking nonsense at this hour.” Rodger cleared his throat, his face was hot.
“You only refer to me by last name if you’re lying and changing the subject.” Astro chuckled softly “Is this because I gave you a small kiss on the forehead? Does a small kiss make you this flustered?”
“Of course not!- I’m not even changing the subject- I… I’m just quite fatigued, we should really sleep now… correct?”
Astro had to suppress a laugh at how bad a liar his boyfriend was. He snuck a hand from the back of his head to where his cheek would be, feeling just how hot his face felt.
“Rodger, you really gotta get used to small things like that…” Astro tilted his head. He took the advantage of having four arms, lifting the two of them into a sitting position.
Rodger huffed, a small ounce of shame filling his body. “I’m aware, I do wish I could react in a calm matter to these things…”
Astro hummed, mindlessly twirling the ribbon around his finger once more.
“Well… we could maybe practice if you’d like…”
Rodgers eye went wide
“we what.”
Astro blinked, sighing and looking away.
“Nevermind, actually… it’s quite late and I know you’re probably not comfortable.” Astro brought his lower arms to his chest.
“Wh- oh dear- no no it’s, it’s alright!” Rodger quickly grabbed Astros hands into his, directing Astros attention back to his face. Rodger had to take a breath, goodness his partner was gorgeous, back on track-
“I’d be… quite delighted if you would wish to practice romantic acts with me right now. Id really appreciate if you would be so kind…”
Astros face relaxed at Rodgers words. The detective was quite good with them, founders, was he lucky to have someone as wonderful as him in his life.
Bringing both hands to cup his face, Astros gaze softened, bringing his face closer to the magnifying glasses.
“You’d really be okay with that?”
Rodger nodded.
“I suppose it could be practice for the both of us, huh?” Astro tilted his head. He couldn’t help the heat rising to his cheeks.
Rodger nodded once more. He could feel his own heart race a mile a minute at how beautiful the man infront of him was, and how wonderful his voice sounded. No matter the scenario, he wanted Astro by his side.
The pair sat there for a moment, either not knowing how to start.
Astro swallowed, carefully holding his lower hands with Rodgers. Fingers entwined together.
“I suppose I could start with some uh… kisses?” Astro didnt even know how to word his sentences without feeling cringe. Luckily, it was just the two of them. Not like they were being written in a notes app about to be posted online for the world to see.
Rodger nodded sheepishly, too flustered to speak at this state. He didn’t even need his hands to be free in order to feel how fast his heart was racing.
Astro, hesitantly, kissed the side of the rim of Rodgers head. Pulling back to see how Rodger felt.
“How was that?…” Astro blinked, the main was quite worried it was too much. Until he felt the gentle pull of his hand being guided to Rodgers chest. He could feel just how fast the detectives heart was racing.
“I quite liked it. P-please, continue if you wish.” Rodger spoke. His voice was quiet despite it only being them together in that room.
Astro smiled, unable to stop his feet from swaying slightly as he held back a lovestruck giggle. Cupping Rodgers face again as he pecked like 5 kisses all across his frame. Quickly pulling back with a hand over his mouth as nothing but happiness was clear on his face. He was also giggling.
Rodger carefully detached a hand from Astros, bringing it up to his own face, wide eyed, before quickly joining Astro in the loving giggles they shared. Leaning forward quickly to wrap his arms around the dreamer and holding him close. With their proximity, he could feel Astros heartbeat. It was going almost as fast as his own felt.
“Haha, sorry, I couldn’t help myself…”
“Please, please! Dont apologize, I enjoyed that greatly. I’d like to continue, if that is alright with you..” Rodger hesitantly pulled back, his gaze soft as he looked into Astros eyes.
“Yes- Yes! Of course! I’d love to.” Astro smiled warmly, bringing his upper arms back to Rodgers face as he pressed a gentle kiss to the glass above Rodgers eye, wanting to know what and where felt right. Seeing how Rodger appeared to be smiling with his one eye, Astro left a few more kisses across Rodgers face. Pulling back with a smile that refused to leave.
Rodger chuckled, equally as in love as his boyfriend was in that moment. His gaze flickered to Astros mouth, before looking away in shame.
Astro noticed this quickly. “Rodger? Is something the matter?” He leaned forward, worried he did too much.
“Ah, it’s nothing really. I just don’t have a mouth of my own, so these kisses are one sided…” The detective sighed, part of him feeling guilty for ruining the moment.
“Oh Rodger…” Astro mumbled, lower hands drifting to his shoulders while his upper hands remained on his cheeks. “I really don’t mind. But if it bothers you that much, I wouldn’t be opposed to you trying a kiss?”
Rodger blinked, hesitance clear in his voice.
“Are you sure? I wouldn’t really-“
“Rodger.”
Rodger sighed, bringing his own hand up to gently hold Astros face, the other cupping one of the mains hands that were on his own face.
Carefully, Rodger closed his eye, clinking his glass where his mouth would be against Astros forehead. Pulling back with a look of shock.
“That honestly felt… quite nice…”
Astro nodded in agreement, one of his lower hands moving to cup Rodgers on his face.
“I agree.”
The pair sat in silence for a while.
“Would you like to return to bed? We have spent quite a while up- not complaining it was a wonderful while I would pay to-“
“Yeah let’s go back to bed.”
Astro, with no hesitation, dragged Rodger back under the covers. Holding him close as he was an hour ago. Wasting no time and using his magic to send Rodger right into sleep.
As much as Astro hated when people were awake at night, this was the best night of his life.