Midnight Manor Private Residence, Sunday Evening

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Watts couldn't pinpoint when, exactly, Steven came to bed during the night- only that he woke up in the morning clinging to Steven like a human octopus.

After waking there had been the promised breakfast in bed- French toast with syrup and fruit, of course. What followed that was- well, it may have been Steven's birthday but he had something of a gift for Watts of the variety that would normally go behind a cut tag or in the comments because NSFW.

Next up had been the part that Watts was the most apprehensive about- he'd put together a little concert of sorts of a few piano pieces he felt he'd especially mastered. But Steven had enjoyed it, so it was a success.

Late afternoon rolled around and Watts excused himself to go prepare dinner- he'd done as much of the prep work as possible yesterday but despite it not being quite as elaborate as last year's, it still did require some work day of.

Eventually, though, dinner was laid out in the dining room: A soup and salad, along with the main course (which Watts had cooked indoors, with Midnight's help, thank you). There was a cake as well, that would be brought out later. For now, there was music playing softly in the background, and all Watts needed was the birthday boy himself.

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Steven blushed, but pressed closer to Llewellyn. "I like the sound of that. And the idea of it. And doing it."

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"Good," Watts said, reaching out to tug on Steven's tie. "Glad to hear it."

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"Careful with that tie," Steven said, smiling up at Llewellyn. "My beau gave me that."

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"He clearly has good taste, this fellow of yours," Watts grinned.

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"Oh he does," Steven said. He kissed Llewellyn, letting his tongue flick out to touch Llewellyn's lower lip. "He tastes wonderful, actually."

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"Scoundrel," Watts laughed.

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"Hmm, I'll have to try again and see if I can be called a flirt," Steven said, grinning.

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"I do believe it is possible to be both a scoundrel and a flirt, for the record," Watts said, pressing a kiss to Steven's cheek. "And you, my darling, are most surely both."

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"Is it? Wonderful news," Steven said. He gave Llewellyn another soft kiss. "I'm hoping to see where flirting gets me tonight."

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"My bed, if all goes according to plan."

Yes, his bed was also Steven's bed and they slept together every night that Steven was the one who fell asleep in the body.

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"Funny thing, that," Steven said. He gave Llewellyn another kiss. "That's exactly where I was hoping."

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"How remarkable!" Watts exclaimed. "Surely, then, that's a sign that things are on the right track indeed..."

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"I'd say so," Steven replied. "Sign of a good negotiation, isn't it? Both sides getting what they want."

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"Oh yes indeed," Watts agreed, with an oh-so-subtle glance towards the doorway and a raise of his eyebrows in an unspoken question.

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Steven giggled, because it was a cute invitation.

"Cake away first? So someone doesn't get his paws on it?"

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"Mmm, good thinking," Watts agreed, with a kiss to Steven's cheek just because.

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"Have to keep our little one safe," Steven said. "Do you want me to help?"

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"If you'd like?" Watts said. "It's your birthday, you can relax if you'd prefer."

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"I don't mind," Steven said. "Means I get to spend more time with you."

All of the few minutes it took to put dishes and leftovers where they needed to go, but still.

"But I didn't know if you wanted me to let you take care of everything."

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"That was my plan, but I can be flexible," Watts told him. "If you want to help I would welcome it, but please do not feel obligated. You can just relax if you'd like."

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"If I didn't help I could go upstairs and start to get undressed?" Steven said. Not pushing for that as the answer, merely offering it as an option if it appealed to Llewellyn.

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It was an option that hadn't actually occurred to Watts!

"...Oh," he said. "Oh. Yes. I like that idea. Very much."

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"Let's do that then," Steven said. "Since it appeals."

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"All right," Watts agreed. "I shall see you in a few minutes then, darling," he said, pulling Steven in for one more kiss before he started clearing away their dessert dishes.

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Steven watched Llewellyn fondly for a moment before heading upstairs to start undressing. He didn't do so in any particular hurry since he did want to make sure not to damage his suit.