Trooper Station, Friday

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Watts had not slept well last night. Thus the first part of his day was spent trying valiantly to stay awake. Eventually, he conceded defeat and curled up under the desk for a nap. Hopefully he'd wake up in time for lunch?

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A Llewellyn who slept poorly meant a Steven who had as well. After all, Steven wasn't going to sleep contentedly while his beau had bad dreams.

So it was a Steven with a cardboard tray with two mochas in it along with the insulated lunch bag who showed up at Llewellyn's office come lunchtime.

Spotting Llewellyn's hat but no Llewellyn, Steven suspected what might be going on. He quietly closed the door behind him, put the food and drinks down on Llewellyn's desk, then came around to see if Llewellyn might be napping.

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He very definitely was, suit jacket piled under his head to act as a makeshift pillow.

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Steven hated to wake him but he knew Llewellyn wouldn't want to sleep through lunch. Besides, the floor was hardly comfortable.

"Llew?" Steven said, quietly so as not to startle him. "Time to eat."

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“Hmm?” Watts mumbled sleepily, as he had been asleep, yes, but not deeply so. His eyes cracked open and he smiled when he realised who was speaking.

“‘Lo, you,” he murmured, stretching one arm out in a clear invitation for Steven to join him.

Well, at least Steven had succeeded at not startling him?

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"Hello, you," Steven replied, touched by the invitation even if he wasn't going to take Llewellyn up on it. "I've brought lunch."

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“Lunch?” Oh, that got him to perk up considerably.

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"Would you like to come out?" Steven asked. He offered a hand to help get out from under the desk and stand up if Llewellyn wanted it.

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“I probably should,” Watts said. “If I’m to have lunch with you.”

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"You could eat without me worrying you'll hit your head," Steven said. Which he was worried about right now for the record.

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And that was basically all it took, as Watts wasn’t a fan of Steven worrying. Thus, he grabbed on to that offered hand.

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"There we are," Steven said as he helped to pull Llewellyn to his feet. And also pull him close if it was possible, because they hadn't yet shared a kiss.

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“Hello, you,” Watts said again, letting himself be pulled in to Steven’s embrace and then leaning down for a kiss.

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Steven took a moment to enjoy that kiss before pulling back and looking Llewellyn over to see how he was doing. "Hello, you. I'm sorry I had to wake you but I knew you'd want to eat."

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“You know me well,” Watts said fondly.

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"I brought coffees as well," Steven said. "Mochas."

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“I love you,” Watts said fervently.

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"I love you too," Steven said. He went to pull out Llewellyn's chair for him. "Here. Let me get you taken care of."

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Watts’s brow furrowed slightly. “I ought to be doing that for you.”

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"It's your lunch," Steven pointed out. "Besides, you slept poorly. You deserve a little pampering."

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“You didn’t sleep much either,” Watts pointed out in return.

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Steven waved it off before putting one of the mochas in front of Llewellyn. "Old hat for me. Hardly worth worrying about."

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Yeah, the side-eye Watts was giving Steven even as he picked up the drink to take a long sip was pretty emphatic.

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"I've plenty of practice with missing sleep!" Steven protested. "Practically an expert in it."

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“That doesn’t mean it’s any better for you.”

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"We can catch up on sleep tonight," Steven said. Of course that assumed Llewellyn didn't have bad dreams again. But if so Steven didn't mind being there for him. He minded the bad dreams of course, but not being there for his beau.

Steven tried to see if taking out lunch might distract from any worries about him. He'd made the recipe as suggested and added broccoli with rice on the side. "Here we are. I thought this might be fun to try."