[Samuel x Roman]

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"I wonder how Elliot feels," Roman pondered aloud, his eyes fixed on the ceiling as if he could gaze through two walls and locate his friend to ask him. Elliot had probably consumed about four times the alcohol that Roman had, yet, he likely didn't even have a hangover. Roman was somewhat in awe, but mostly jealous.

Roman turned his head to look up at his boyfriend -- or rather, at his sculpted upper body. "You know, I find appreciating your hotness much more fulfilling when I'm sober," he informed his boyfriend, reaching up to connect the dots between the couple of hickeys he'd left on Samuel's chest and neck. One of them he wouldn't be able to hide.

Samuel's phone dinged in the covers by Roman's feet so he sat up to retrieve it. It was a pointless Facebook memory, but he also noticed that Elliot and Bella had sent him at least seven Snapchat videos each. Roman quirked an eyebrow.

"So which one are you cheating on me with, Elliot or Bella?" he asked, handing Samuel his phone before leaning against the headboard.
 
Samuel smiled a little at Roman's touch, he was right, it was much nicer to look at him and feel his touch when he could truly appreciate it and wasn't completely acting on impulses.

"Both, especially Bella, though" Samuel said but placed a kiss on his cheek to show that he definitely joking no matter how obvious it was and grabbed to phone, curious to see what Elliot and Bella would have sent in the span from when he last checked his phone sometime last night and now.

As soon as he opened the first one he locked his screen and threw the phone down into the blankets. He did not need to see himself drunkenly making out with his boyfriend.

"I hate them" Samuel announced and buried his face in his hands in embarrassment, "I hate everything, I'm seriously not drinking again, Jesus"
 
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Roman didn't get a chance to see the video on Samuel's screen because he hadn't been looking, he had been too busy checking his own phone. He rose an eyebrow when he opened the first video sent from his friends -- it depicted himself and Samuel, very drunkenly making out, in front of all their friends.

It honestly wasn't that bad, at least not in Roman's opinion. It wasn't like his friends hadn't seen him make out before -- no, it wasn't like he hadn't made out with his friends before. But Samuel was clearly mortified.

Roman conducted a quick examination -- he looked at both Elliot and Bella's Snapchat stories, then their Facebooks, and checked the messages he'd received from people, all to make sure that the videos hadn't made their way to any other people's eyes. They had not. So he turned his head to look at his boyfriend.

"They haven't shared the videos anywhere else, so it's okay," he assured him, kissing Samuel on the shoulder.
 
As Roman opened the same Snapchats that had been sent to Samuel, Samuel dared to peek between his fingers to try to assess how bad it was. He decided it was the most embarrassing thing in the world and that they had gone way too far in front of their friends as he not only saw the videos but started to recall things a little better now that he was a little more awake.

"But it's still terrible because they saw us make out like that" Samuel whined upon being told the videos were nowhere else. If they had been he would have seriously murdered, Elliot and Bella. He still wasn't very happy though,

He was maybe playing up his embarrassment just a little bit, but Samuel wasn't the kind of person to make out with people in front of people. Unless he was drunk apparently. And except that one time when they used it to annoy Ricky. But now they had just been shamelessly making out as if no one was there and Samuel did find that very embarrassing.

So, he laid back down and stubbornly covered himself in the blanket to hide himself from the world, just hoping the other's were too drunk to remember, which was unlikely, and had nothing saved on their phones.

"I'm never leaving this room again"
 
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"Oh, stop whining, it's not the end of the world," Roman chuckled, gently teasing his boyfriend and poking him in the stomach. He rose to his feet and put on some underwear and shorts, leaving himself topless to locate some clothes for his boyfriend. He dumped the garments he located onto Samuel's head and then went to track down a shirt.

"Come on. I'm hungry."

Once both of the boys were clothed they went upstairs and into the kitchen, where a messy looking Elliot sat with Matilda in his lap at the table, Bella, who looked incredibly hungover, opposite him. They both looked up when Samuel and Roman entered, Elliot chuckling.

"Nice work, Roman," he said, eyes on Samuel's visible hickey.

"I could say the same to you," Roman said, tapping Matilda's neck where there was a splotchy mark. "Tilly, no, you're too innocent, this upsets me."

Elliot rolled his eyes.

"Where're Matthew and Gabi?"

"They crashed in the living room. Tilly, have I robbed you of your innocence?"
 
Samuel followed Roman up the stairs, dragging his feet behind him both because of the remainder of the embarrassment and because he was really tired so when they came up to the kitchen he just slumped down with the rest of the people by the table, crossed his arms on the table and used them as a pillow.

"Mmm… " Matilda acted as if she was thinking really hard about it, "Maybe just a little" She gestured with her fingers how little, "But I don't mind too much", she ended her statement by kissing her boyfriend's cheek and then leant on him affectionately.

Both of them seemed way too chipper, especially Elliot, Samuel decided he had been drinking way too much to be that okay. So now Samuel was totally angry at him for both recording his and Roman's make out session and because of him having totally unfair genes apparently. Even if Samuel could kind admit that maybe the make outs was his own and Roman's fault more than Elliot's. Maybe.

Matthew and Gabi choice the small window of tired silence that followed Matilda and Elliot's usual cuteness to join them, seemingly just stopping by on their way out, judging by the shoes on their feet and their jackets.

"You two" Matthew announced without greeting anyone and pointed to Roman and and Samuel, "Should be ashamed"

"I can assure you that I already am, no need to tell me," Samuel raised a hand but didn't look up from his arms.
 
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Ugh. Matthew. Roman looked up from the hot beverages he was making to glance at the two who were apparently leaving. It was a shame Gabi had to go. It was a relief that she was taking Matthew with her.

Honestly, half the reason Roman didn't like Matthew was simply because Matthew disliked him for absolutely no reason. The other half was that he was a pretentious and patronising asshole whose every word made Roman want to smash his head against a brick wall. But, he was Samuel's friend, and therefore he would put up with him.

"This embarrassment is just a facade," Roman informed them all as he put mugs of hot beverages -- coffee for Samuel and Bella, tea for himself and Elliot and hot chocolate for Tilly -- in front of them all. "We're actually getting ready to start our porn career soon."

Elliot burst out in an uncontrollable fit of laughter, hiding his face in Matilda's shoulder to staunch it. Roman kissed the top of Samuel's head to make up for the little teasing comment.

"You two want drinks?"
he asked Matthew and Gabi.
 
Samuel groaned at Roman's comeback but he was forgiven because of the kiss and the coffee, he truly was an amazing boyfriend and amazing friend for helping his friends treat their hangovers. Gabi just laughed, and the corner of Matthew's mouth twitched but he would probably die before admitting he found something Roman had said was funny.

"No, I'd love to stay but I promised my mum I'd be home to watch my siblings" Gabi excused herself. Matthew shrugged, seemingly not having an excuse but Samuel knew his friend was about as awkward as him sometimes and Samuel would probably not either want to be left alone with almost no one but people who he had just met.

"Aww really?" Matilda looked a little sad, Samuel supposed people had been continuing talking for a while when he and Roman had left and Gabi was a very friendly person so seeing that she had made friends with the other's wasn't a surprised.

"Yeah, we had a lot of fun, though, we'll see you around, yeah?" Gabi said and gave the group a wave, poked Matthew which made him say a "see you at uni" to Samuel at least and then left to go home to their own places.
 
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Roman waved Samuel's friends off and exchanged an irritated look with Elliot about Matthew. Elliot and Roman could always tell when the other didn't like someone, mainly because they often disliked the same person. They were quite similar in that aspect, not that that was a bad thing.

"I hope you had a good birthday, sweetie," Roman said to Samuel, kissing him on the cheek before sitting down beside him with his own hot cup of tea. He'd put some honey in it and it tasted nice.

"I'm going to bed," Bella grumbled, taking her coffee and trudging upstairs.

Roman turned to Elliot. "How the hell are you sober?"

"Dude, I'm hammered."

"You look completely sober."

Elliot shrugged. "I've consumed a lot more alcohol in my life than you, buddy. Tilly, my love, how are you so gorgeous?"
 
Samuel switched over to lean against Roman's shoulder as he mumbled "I did" instead of leaning against his own arms so he could start sip on his coffee, which instantly made him feel a little better. It was probably because he associated coffee with feeling more awake than It was the actual caffeine having had time to have any type of effect.

He was still a little envious of Bella's decision to go back to bed though. He was probably going straight to bed when he was done with his coffee, and he was bringing Roman back with him for cuddles.

"shush" Matilda giggled and kissed her apparently still hammered boyfriend a couple of times on the face and then once on the lips before going back to her chocolate, "I'm pretty hungover myself, I look really tired"

Other than her hair being a little messier than usual Samuel didn't see it at all, he was just jealous over her seemingly mild hangover and continued to sip on his coffee, he supposed he couldn't know exactly how she felt by just seeing her but he was very sure he looked a million times worse than the girl at least.
 
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Roman himself didn't look too bad -- he just looked quite tired, which he was, so no surprises there. Elliot was somehow managing to pass as sober, but his parents had always been a tad stricter than Roman's, so he had probably had to learn how to fake it through a hangover in his teenage years. That was a skill that had never been necessary for Roman to learn.

Once everyone had consumed their hot beverages, Roman lead Samuel downstairs to their bedroom, where he stretched out his long body and flopped down on the bed.

"I feel like death. Don't talk to me for the next ten years, please."
 
Samuel got into bed next to Roman, sighing happily as soon as soon as his back hit the mattress.

"Ugh but then we'll be like thirty and old" Samuel joked and cuddled up to his boyfriend, wrapping his arms around him and laying face to face with him so he could completely disobey the request and talk to him, "I'm sure you'll be just as hot then though so I guess it's okay"

He kissed Roman's nose and then pressed their foreheads together for a moment. He was really very happy, despite still feeling kind of sick and tired. His birthday had been good, he had nice friends and an amazing boyfriend who he could just spend the day with in bed and hug. Life felt kind of perfect in that moment, and Samuel really appreciated those moments

"Anyways, thanks for a really good birthday yesterday" Samuel said, he wasn't sure if he had thanked Roman properly yet, he had probably been too drunk the night before to do so, so he did it now, "I guess the hangover was somewhat worth it, but I suggest not drinking next year"
 
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"You're welcome."

All Roman had wanted was for Samuel to have a good birthday and that had come true. He had had a good time, and even if he was hungover and embarrassed, he was still in a good mood and the occasion would be looked back upon fondly, which was what was important. Roman had no complaints.

"I'm never drinking again. For real this time." That probably wasn't going to come true but he definitely didn't have any immediate plans to grow intoxicated. "If you see me even look at alcohol, stab me. Please."
 
"I'm freezing" Samuel said as he was taking off his shoes right as he got in the door, since he'd rather take them off right away than have to clean up wet and dirty foot prints later on, he would probably going to have to do that anyways though because Lady was happily yipping and running around with wet paws without realizing she was causing some trouble for her owners, "I can't wait to get into bed and under, like, ten blankets"

It was a couple of days after Samuel's birthday and Samuel had decided to try to bring Roman with him on a walk with Lady, taking the opportunity when the weather was bad and there probably would be less other dogs out with their owners. The weather had indeed made sure they didn't run into any other dogs, not even small ones Roman would have been able to handle, but the light drizzle had turned into pouring rain the last ten or so minutes of the walk and by the time Samuel, Roman and Lady were home they were all completely soaked. Being wet combined with the cold winter temperature was enough to make the most warm person cold and Samuel's hands and toes felt icy cold and he was shivering lightly.

Samuel suspected his boyfriend must be a lot colder than he was seeing as he was so thin, so, he couldn't wait to tuck Roman in under said blankets as well. Samuel didn't actually mind the cold to much now that he was inside, the faint sound of the rain outdoors was quite relaxing and he really loved huddling up for warmth with his boyfriend.

"Hey, can we make hot chocolate?"
Samuel asked, once his dripping jacket was taken off and put away, because the warm drink sounded really perfect for the weather and because Roman made really nice hot chocolate.
 
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Roman's entire body was tremoring from the cold. His teeth were clattering together and his hands were shaking as he took off his wet jacket and wet shoes. He had almost no body fat so of course he was cold. He put away his jacket and shoes after Samuel and made his way downstairs to change.

"Hot ch - ch - ch - chocolate sounds g - g - great," he stuttered around his clattering teeth. Roman found that once he had dressed in clean jeans and a fresh T-shirt he was a lot warmer, but also piled on two sweaters just to make sure.

"Better," he murmured, throwing on two pairs of socks as well.

A few minutes later Roman came back downstairs with two mugs of hot chocolate, topped with whipped cream, marshmallows and grated chocolate. He set them both on the coffee table before an idea struck him.

"I want a bath. And I wanna use a bath bomb. Holy shit, I'm a genius."
 
Samuel changed into a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt, knowing he would start getting warmer as soon as he got into dry clothes. While Roman went up to prepare the hot chocolate Samuel grabbed a hold of Lady and brought her to the bathroom to dry her off a little with a towel so she wouldn't drip everywhere. She would probably need a proper bath sometime soon because of all the dirt that had gotten stuck in her wet fur, but that was a project for a time when Samuel wasn't as cold.

When Roman came back down the stairs Lady was reasonably dry and all curled up in her own little bed, probably to warm up as well. The hot chocolate Roman had with him looked fantastic and Samuel thought warming up his hands with the warm mug and maybe pulling Roman into his lap was an excellent idea. But Roman apparently had another stroke of genius, at least according to him.

"Noo, don't leave me and let me warm up all by myself" Samuel grabbed one of Roman's hands as if to keep him there and noticed it was ice cold, and that was with Samuel's hand already being cold as well so his boyfriend was definitely colder. So, he pulled Roman in for a hug where they were standing, "See, I can warm you, no baths needed"

Of course, if Roman wanted a bath to warm up, Samuel wasn't about to actually stop him, he was just selfishly trying to get him to stay because he wanted to hang out with his boyfriend. And maybe because it would be easier getting warm with someone next to him.
 
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"You can get in the bath with me, dork," Roman teased his boyfriend, flicking him on the forehead and gently shaking his hand off. He went into the bathroom. The bath itself was pretty deep and wide, more like a spa or a small Jacuzzi than a regular bath. It was tucked into the corner of the room and was a decent-sized triangle shape. They would both be able to fit.

"Fuck you, I'm doing it." Roman ran the bath, making sure the water was a little warmer than he usually would have it because it was so cold. "Come on, you whiny cornflake, I'll let you pick the bath bomb."

Roman lit a couple of vanilla candles and put them on the sink, before setting down his hot chocolate and going back into the bedroom to drag Samuel into the bathroom. He then opened the cabinet under the sink and pulled out a huge basket, filled with bath bombs and other products from his workplace.

"This one makes the bath blue and white," he said, holding up the bomb called Frozen. "This one --" he held up a hexagon-shaped item named The Experimenter, "-- makes it many different colours, and this one --" he held up a third, which had a small plastic rose set in it, "-- is called Sex Bomb and it makes the water pink and purple. We can combine the bath bomb with a bubble bar and have bubbles as well. And we can use the nice shampoos and conditioners -- oooh, and we can do a face mask -- please?" Roman pouted, begging.
 
Samuel let Roman pull him into the bathroom without much struggle, Roman had already decided this was what he wanted to do so there was no real point in really fighting it, his boyfriend had a tendency to get what he wanted.

Samuel couldn't help but to smile at how excited Roman seemed to get over all the different bath bombs and the idea, it was sweet and Samuel just couldn't say no to that pout. So he sighed as he gave up, if he hadn't already by letting him pull him into the room, and pulled Roman down for a quick kiss before talking, "yeah, yeah, you win, we'll do whatever you want"

Samuel wasn't the biggest fan of baths but getting in one with Roman wasn't at all as much of a shore as he made it seem like he thought. He just usually found baths a little boring and he just found it weird to sit undressed in a tub for like an hour.

"The pink and purple one?" Samuel said after giving his decision some actual thought, he didn't want to just pick whatever and purposefully be uninterested in the matter since he knew all these kind of cosmetic and bath type things were things that Roman found fun, "I'm making my decision based on what seemed the cozies not the name, just so you know"
 
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"Sex Bomb it is," Roman said happily, leaning over to drop the bath bomb into the now almost-filled bathtub.

In a matter of minutes, Roman and Samuel were relaxing in the warm bath, the water died in beautiful tones of pink and purple. He had also added half a bubble bar, which caused bubbles to form atop the water, and he had set out the several containers of fancy shampoo and conditioner he had on the side of the bath. Roman's head was resting against Samuel's shoulder -- he was up to his chin in the water, since he was very cold and needed the warmth to keep him alive.

"I am so fucking zen right now," he informed Samuel. Roman was indeed very relaxed, much more than he had been before. his long legs were tilted to the side so they could fit in the water, but other than that, everything was okay.

"So, for the shampoo, should we use Fairly Traded Honey, Jersey Bounce or Godiva?" he inquired, as if Samuel would have any idea what he was talking about.
 
Samuel was maybe, just maybe, changing his opinion on baths. The water was really hot and nice and everything was so calm and peaceful and Roman was leaning against him which was very cosy. Really, it was kind of a perfect moment, just the two of them hiding from the cold rain pouring down outside in the pink water and bubbles.

When Roman asked about the shampoo Samuel just raised an eyebrow.

"Roman I have no idea what any of those are" He informed his boyfriend, to Samuel it sounded like he had just listed bunch of random words and there was no way he could actually make a conscious decision based on that, "Except the honey one because it's gotta contain honey right?"

It had been the one word that made sense but it didn't actually make him any saner so he just chuckled and added "Just go with what you want," with a small smile.