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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Kimi picks up the copy of Modern Warfare 3 that Sebastian had just unpacked on the kitchen table.
"What do you mean? I finished Modern Warfare 2 on stream yesterday, I need to play this one next." Sebastian answers, looking at Kimi in confusion.
"You know what happens in this one, right?" Kimi's voice drops to a gentle tone.
Sebastian is quiet for a moment, but then he nods softly. "Yes, Soap dies. But the chat wants me to play it, it's the next game."
"Seb sometimes your chat is horrifically mean. They know you love Soap, they want you to react to his death." Kimi sighs softly, knowing Sebastian had spent his entire Modern Warfare 2 playthrough talking about how much he loved Soap. Kimi knew the chat just wanted a death reaction from his boyfriend.
"I'll be fine, I promised the chat. I can handle it, okay?" Sebastian moves closer to him, cupping his cheek affectionately.
Kimi nods, but he looks worried. "Okay, but I'm going to monitor the stream and kick out any assholes."
"Fine, you can moderate." Sebastian agrees as he picks up the game. "I'd better go download this ready for tomorrow."
"Why not tonight?" Kimi asks him, head tilted.
"Modern Warfare 2 took twenty four hours to download. This might happen again." Sebastian pulls a face.
"You need better internet." Kimi sighs softly, shaking his head.
"I know, but I've got to work with what I have for now." Sebastian answers as he heads upstairs.
Kimi sighs softly and unpacks the rest of the groceries, thinking Sebastian was making a mistake, but knowing he couldn't make him not stream. Instead he could make sure people weren't going to be a dick to him.
Kimi stays out of shot while Sebastian games, monitoring the chat and making sure everything was okay.
When it gets to the part where Soap gets shot in the head, Kimi watches his boyfriend freeze and let out a deep distressed sound, which turns into a sob when he notices Ghost kneeling next to Soap's body.
Oh. Fuck.
Kimi is out of his chair in a heartbeat, keeping the chat on his phone as he rushes downstairs and switches on the kettle to make some hot chocolate. As he does so he watches in concern as Sebastian brushes his eyes and tries to hold back sobs.
He quickly makes the hot drink and grabs a wrapped parcel hidden in the cupboard. Then he makes his way back to Sebastian.
Sebastian looks up as he enters, his eyes tear stained. He reaches for the cup and Kimi gently hands it to him, pressing a loving kiss to his forehead. "Careful, it's still hot."
Sebastian nods, wrapping his fingers around the mug and taking a careful sip. His eyes close in pleasure.
"Better?" Kimi asks, watching the chat blow up at their domestic behaviour.
"A little, thanks. What's in the box?" Sebastian looks at it curiously.
"You could open this later or on the stream." Kimi tells him, putting the box on his desk.
Sebastian glances at the chat and grins a little. "They want to see what's in the box."
"Then open it." Kimi gives him a fond smile.
Sebastian puts the mug down onto his desk and opens up the wrapped box. He pauses as he takes in the item inside it and then carefully pulls it out. "Oh my god. No way, Kimi!"
Sebastian is holding a cat themed plushie of Soap. He hugs it to his chest, tears in his eyes.
"You've been sending me endless reels about this plushie, so I ordered you one. It arrived today." Kimi gives him a fond grin, happy to see a smile on his face.
"He's perfect, thank you." Sebastian leans in to kiss him and Kimi turns it, cupping his cheek so that he can brush away his tears.
The chat notifications go crazy and Sebastian pulls away with a huff, "god we are only kissing!"
"To them we are celebrities, not regular people." Kimi sounds amused, "I swear they'd put us in the zoo."
"Our exhibit would be called Simi." Sebastian grins.
"That ship name is crazy, your name is first? What about Kimbastian?"
"I told you, that's a mouthful." Sebastian cuddles his plushie, grinning at his boyfriend.
"You only say that as my name is first." Kimi teases.
The conversation turns into bickering, but Sebastian is smiling throughout it. That's what Kimi wants, more than his streaming career, Sebastian happy.
Kimi switches off the stream when Sebastian demands he proves why his name should go first in their ship name. The audience didn't need to see what happened next, only Kimi.
Bonus scene
"Kimi look! They just announced Black Ops 1 and 2 are coming to PlayStation 5!" Sebastian shoves his phone in Kimi's face, who lets out a groan at being disturbed from his slumber.
"Seb...it's not even 9am....couldn't you have told me when I woke up?"
"I couldn't wait! Do you know how exciting this is? I loved Black Ops 1 and I could talk about Woods and Mason on a stream!" Sebastian beams.
"Sounds wonderful." Kimi mumbles, snuggling further under the covers until he remembers something. It comes to him in some sort of horrible trauma induced flashback.
Sebastian chucking his controller onto the floor and swearing at Kimi during the helicopter battle in the payback mission. Then crying and saying he would never play it again.
It was the only time Kimi had ever seen Sebastian loose his control over COD. Usually he wasn't phased by losing, but this? The PS3 controller almost got broken. Then after rhe mission had ended he had spent some time shooting up the helicopter as "revenge"
The idea of Sebastian doing this mission again in front of his chat? Nightmare fuel.
Kimi slowly turns to Sebastian, "if this is real, do not play it on stream."
"Why not? Its a good game, plus Woods and Mason are incredible and I can talk about them!" Sebastian grins.
"Payback." Kimi says simply, watching the smile leave Sebastian's face.
"Oh shit...but remember I forgot I had two guns on the helicopter and was not using the missiles, maybe that's why it was so bad for me. Plus the helicopter wouldn't fix itself if I died. Maybe this time with the missiles I should be okay?"
"You want to pretend you have stream problems and have me do payback on share play?" Kimi asks.
"Yes please."
Kimi huffs quietly and pulls him back down into his arms. "Okay then, but it's still too early. Let's get some more sleep."
Sebastian laughs softly and cuddles in happily, closing his eyes.
Kimi falls asleep dreaming of smashed controllers.