Luke walked over to the apartment door with bags under his eyes and a slumped body. Leon's screams and cries were heard all over the apartment and Luke was about to burst any second.

He opened the door and was met with two pairs of sympathetic eyes belonging to Michael and Calum.

"Help me" Luke whispered out and slumped his body into both their bodies. Calum chuckled warmly and patted Luke's back soothingly before pulling away.

"I'll try and see what I can do" he said and shrugged. Luke nodded his head and Calum smiled before walking in to the living room where Leon was screaming on the couch.

Luke turned his head and looked at Michael, his tired blue eyes were dull and grey, and Michael pouted slightly before giving him a loving smile.

"You look like shit" he said and Luke sighed but nodded because, well, he did.

Michael breathed out a chuckle before pulling the blonde into a tight hug. Luke sighed out heavily and placed his head on Michael's shoulder.

"What happened?" Michael asked, his voice muffled into the tight embrace as his mouth was buried in Luke's flat hair.

"He's having stomach pains and he won't let me give him the medicine and I'm just too tired to deal with this" Luke mumbled and waved one hand around to show what he was talking about.

Leon's cries were still heard from the living room along with Calum's talking and shushing. Luke closed his eyes and nearly fell asleep on Michael's shoulder because he was so unbelievably tired.

The blond father hadn't had a good night sleep in several days. He had either been talking to Ashton through the phone, being up with Leon because the small one had nightmares, or Luke just simply couldn't sleep.

With taking care of his son, working, and having a relationship, Luke barely had any time for himself to just rest.

He was just scared that he'd grow so grumpy and mad because of the lack of sleep that he'd let it go over Leon and then his son would be an innocent target to Luke's unnecessary rage.

"It's okay" Michael assured the blonde and hugged him tighter. The two friends stayed like that until the cries from the living room were silenced.

Luke's head snatched up and looked around the apartment like he was searching for where the sound went.

"It's-" Luke said and smiled small as he turned to look at Michael again, "It's quiet"

Michael nodded and chuckled before embracing Luke again. The two friends walked into the living room after and saw Calum seated in the armchair with a sleeping Leon in his arms.

"He fell asleep in the middle of crying" Calum said and pouted slightly at the cuteness in his lap.

Luke breathed out in relief at the beautiful silence and his son sleeping peacefully in his best friend's lap. He walked over to the couch and threw himself down with a loud thump. His face was buried into the cushions and he breathed out heavily.

"Am I a bad father?" Luke asked as he turned his head to be heard.

"What? No," Calum said and frowned, "How could you in any way be a bad father?"

"I don't know," Luke mumbled and shrugged, "I can't even get my own son to stop crying so I have to call you guys to do it"

"Yeah, and?" Michael asked and walked over to the couch, moving Luke's legs up to sit down and then place the blonde's legs in his lap.

"It's rare that you ask for help from us. You do everything on your own and that's pretty fucking awesome since you're 21 and you have a job and a 4 years old son"

"Mikey's right," Calum said and smiled down at his friend planted on the couch, "You're the the best father Leon could ever have"

Luke buried his face in the cushions again and smiled.

"Even if you're embarrassing and really fucking uncool, you're awesome" Michael said and Calum laughed.

"Thanks" Luke mumbled into the cushion grumpily, but it was all fake since his big smile spread on his face said something completely different.

Luke turned around in the couch so he was lying on his back. He tilted his head so he was looking at his sleeping son and a warm smile appeared on his face.

Calum stood up from his seat, holding Leon tightly, and walked over to Luke. With a few grunts and some struggle, he bent down and placed the sleeping Leon on top of Luke.

The father curled his arms around his son and Leon did the same thing, releasing some tired noises in his sleep, gripping Luke's sweatshirt and buried his face in Luke's neck.

"See? There's no one better than you" Calum said and pointed down at Leon who was now clinging to Luke like if his life depended on it.

Luke breathed out a chuckle as Calum grinned and walked back to his seat. Luke kissed the top of Leon's head before hugging the small one even closer to his chest.

"I also want to do that," Michael spoke and pouted childishly, "It looks so cozy to be that small and just be able to curl up anywhere possible"

Calum snorted, Luke chuckled and Michael frowned. "I'm serious" he whined and stuck out his bottom lip further.

"Aw, come here" Calum said and patted his lap. Michael eagerly stood up and walked over to Calum, sitting down on his lap and smirking contently.

Calum wrapped his arms around Michael as the blue haired boy cuddled himself into Calum, making himself as small as possible.

"This isn't the same thing, but it will have to do" Michael mumbled and moved his head to find a comfortable position, his fluffy hair brushing Calum's face, making the raven haired boy grimace.

"I tried to make an effort here" Calum mumbled and tilted his head back to avoid Michael mop of crazy hair.

"Thank you, officer" Michael said and Calum smirked so big, Luke almost scoffed so loud he woke Leon up.

"If I fall asleep now and sleep for a while, promise me you won't burn the apartment down" Luke said and kissed Leon's head again before closing his eyes.

"Eh, I'll try" Michael spoke but Luke didn't have any energy to glare at him because he was already close to falling asleep, soothed by the light snoring coming from his little son who was sleeping soundly on his chest.

**

"Dad?"

Luke mumbled slightly and turned around in the couch when hearing a voice far away call on him while someone shook him slightly.

Luke just ignored it though, since he was far away from done with his nap.

"Luke, honey" the other voice calling for him said, and Luke immediately recognized it as his mother.

As he opened his eyes and drowsily looked around, he noticed his son and his mother standing by the couch. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"How long have I been sleeping?" he asked in a raspy voice and rubbed his eyes with his hands.

"A few hours I'd think. I talked to Michael and Calum for a while before they left, you had been sleeping the time they had been here" Liz spoke and smiled down warmly at her son.

She understood the pure exhaustion he felt, but she was very much proud of him for being able to handle it so good every single day that passed by.

"They left?" Luke asked.

"Michael was going to work and Calum was going to his sister's" Liz said before walking off to Leon's room.

Luke looked around a bit before picking up his phone and checking the time, seeing it was already 4 pm. He noticed a text from Ashton but ignored it for the time being, looking down at his son who was fiddling with the remote on the floor instead.

"You slept well bud?"

Leon looked up at his father and smiled big before standing up and walking over to him.

"You look very tired" he spoke and placed his small hands on Luke's cheeks, patting them lightly.

"I kind of am" Luke answered and breathed out a laugh when Leon squeaked as Luke poked his stomach playfully.

"Leon, where's your teddy bear?" Liz asked from the hallway.

"In dad's bed" Leon said and let his thumb and pointer finger touch Luke's lip ring, since he thought it was very fascinating.

"What? Where are you going?" Luke asked and looked at his son with clear confused blue eyes.

"Grandma and grandpa's" Leon said and like it was nothing, bringing his fingers down from is father's lip to his cheek again, touching the stubble with furrowed eyebrows.

"Since when?"

"Since Tuesday, when we planned it" Liz said and gave Luke a pointed look before laughing slightly, "You need a small break anyway"

"Yeah," Luke mumbled and smiled thankfully at his mother before looking back down at his son, "Okay, have fun then buddy. I love you"

"I love you too" Leon said and leaned down to hug Luke.

He hugged back and smiled when Leon pulled away. He kissed his son all over the face, making Leon giggle, before letting go of him.

"Have a good night sleep and be good to grandma and grandpa," Luke said and Leon nodded, "I love you"

As Leon had kissed his father on the forehead and his mother had done the same thing, they had left and Luke was left in the quiet apartment. He already felt alone.

His phone gave away the familiar text tone. Luke picked his phone up and remembered the text he had gotten from Ashton while sleeping. Seeing that the new text was from Ashton as well, he opened their text chat to read both messages.

Am I still allowed to come over after my work? I really want to kiss you :) and eat your food

Luke smiled at the first text and bit his lip before reading the other.

You haven't answered so I don't know if I should be worried or not, but I'm coming over to make sure everything's alright, so there's too late for a no now

Luke chuckled fondly before texting back. A foolish grin plastered on his face.

I'm okay, nothing to worry about :) I really want you here so I can kiss you too

Luke relaxed into the couch again and sighed out happily since that was what Ashton did to him; brought happiness into his life.

I'm already on my way :) Ashton's reply said and Luke smiled, placing his phone down on the table after texting Ashton back, saying that the door was open and he could step in.

Luke yawned and closed his eyes just for a second, and the next second 30 minutes had magically passed by, leaving Luke startled awake when hearing the door of his apartment open.

"Hello?" Ashton called out carefully and Luke smiled drowsily. He heard Ashton take off his shoes and jacket, sounding a bit like he struggled from the rustling being heard.

"Luke?" Ashton said again but Luke didn't have time to answer before the 24 year old stepped into the living room and noticed Luke on the couch.

Ashton smiled sweetly as he looked at the tired blonde and he thought the sight was adorable.

"Well, this is probably the cutest thing I've ever seen" Ashton chuckled and walked over to the blonde. Luke playfully rolled his eyes and smiled big as Ashton laid down on top of him.

"Hi" Ashton whispered and nudged his nose against Luke's.

"Hi baby" Luke whispered back, breathing in deeply through his nose to take in the smell of Ashton.

"Mm, I really like when you call me that" Ashton said and sighed out contently before placing his smiling lips on Luke's. Luke kissed back with enthusiasm because he really liked kissing Ashton.

"How was work?" Luke asked as they pulled away from the kiss. Ashton ran one hand through Luke's hair and one placed on Luke's cheek as he studied the blonde's face.

"The usual," Ashton shrugged, "How was your day?"

Luke hummed out in content as Ashton's fingertips massaged his scalp.

"Pretty energy consuming. Leon screamed and cried all morning because he had stomach pains and he didn't listen to anything I said. I had to call Michael and Calum to help me" Luke sighed.

"It's that why you're looking so sleepy" Ashton said and breathed out a soft laugh when Luke yawned while nodding his head.

"Yeah, I've been sleeping for a while now"

Ashton smiled down at Luke before leaning down to kiss him again, and again, and again.

"I'm so tired" Luke groaned as he leaned his head back against the cushions again. Ashton chuckled and kissed Luke's forehead and nose.

"Sleep then" Ashton said but Luke shook his head.

"No, I'm not gonna sleep when you're here," he said and looked up at Ashton with a small smirk, "I'm not gonna miss out of all the kisses"

Ashton rolled his eyes before giggling adorably. "I can stay until next morning, I don't start working until 8:30 tomorrow and Peach is at my mother's"

Luke raised his eyebrows up a bit and looked at Ashton with big blue eyes. "You wanna sleep here tonight?"

"If it's okay with you?" Ashton asked and bit down on his bottom lip.

Luke smiled big and nodded his head before pulling Ashton down for another kiss. "It's very okay for me"

Ashton grinned inches away from Luke's lips before pressing them together again. Luke deepened the kiss this time as he ran his tongue over Ashton's bottom lip, entering it and meeting Ashton's tongue soon after.

Ashton moved his hands down to Luke's shoulders, squeezing them and moving his fingers along the muscles, feeling how Luke relaxed.

"Mm, that feels good" Luke mumbled into the kiss and Ashton laughed lightly. Luke smiled before sitting up on the couch, Ashton following and was now seated in Luke's lap. He stood up with some slight struggle and carried Ashton over to his bedroom.

"What's going on?" Ashton asked and furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and a small laugh escaping from his lips.

Luke placed Ashton down on the bed so he was sitting on the edge, as Luke took off his sweatshirt, leaving himself shirtless. Ashton looked with a eyebrow raised and a smug look on his face.

Luke just walked passed his and laid down on his bed, his back facing the ceiling. "Massage me" he spoke and Ashton raised both eyebrows.

"Well, this wasn't really what I was expecting" Ashton said and Luke chuckled.

"Please?" Luke asked and turned his head to smile up at the curly haired boy, "Baby" he added and Ashton snorted playfully before climbing onto the bed and straddling Luke's legs, placing his warm hands on Luke's back.

Luke hummed right away and Ashton smiled as he ran his hand in different movements, earning satisfied sounds from the blonde.

Luke could feel his back tensing and relaxing, and Ashton saw every muscle Luke had in his back, broad shoulders, and arms.

Ashton slowly moved his hands up and down, enjoying the feeling of Luke's soft soft skin.

Luke breathed calmly against his pillow, but gasped slightly when feeling a pair of lips on the back of his neck. Ashton's warm hands were still working the knots in Luke's back while leaving hot kisses on his neck down to his spine.

Luke panted lightly and bit his lip at the pleasure he was feeling, loving the way he could feel Ashton all over him.

Ashton's hands moved down to Luke's waist as the rest of his body slid down at well. Luke moaned breathlessly when he felt Ashton's lips on his shoulder blades.

Ashton graced his teeth against Luke's skin, before starting to suck. Luke mumbled out small moans into his pillow as Ashton was, for sure, leaving a mark. He moved over to the other side and did the same thing, leaving Luke panting while biting down on his bottom lip harshly.

After a few minutes, Luke was sure he had numerous of marks on his skin, and he couldn't feel more content about it.

When Ashton pulled away from his skin to breathe, Luke rolled around, making Ashton fall down on the mattress and look up at Luke.

Luke almost moaned out at the sight of his gorgeous boyfriend's pretty red lips and bruised tongue after leaving so many marks.

He looked at Ashton for a few seconds, saving the imagine into his memory, before leaning down and kissing him with the most passion he could muster.

As Luke pulled away, Ashton didn't do anything but smile up at Luke. Luke kissed him again before lying down beside him.

"I really like you. Like, so much" Luke breathed out and Ashton smiled, maybe even blushed, if Luke saw right.

"I like you too" Ashton said and leaned in to kiss Luke again.

Even though the clock only was 5 pm, that's how they shared the rest of their time; in bed, sharing kisses now and then, and speaking in low murmurs.

Luke wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

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started working today and i got a work with kids and i already fucking hate them. i'm sorry, but i hate kids

fictional like leon and peach works perfectly fine though

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