Jaxon woke up groggy, blinking the drowsiness from his eyes as he tried to get his bearings.
It was dark and his body felt deliciously sore, the sensation bringing back memories from the night before… the marking…
The last thing he remembered was the mind-blowing pleasure that came with being marked by two people at the same time, he must have fainted after that. Honestly, he was surprised he was still alive.
Leon had his arms wrapped around him, cuddling him close, at least that hadn't changed since when they were younger.
Darian just had a possessive grip around his thigh like he expected Leon to steal him in the night, he guessed that wouldn't change too.
Slowly, he reached up a hand to his neck, wrapping his hand tenderly around it to feel for proof, a much tamer sensation than what he had felt when he was first given the bites shivered down his spine and he bit his lips to keep dangerous sounds in.
That was definitely no touching for now, he took his hand away without hesitation, too exhausted to think or at least try to get his thoughts in order.
What did this mean for their relationship now?
People didn't just go around handing mating bites like freebies and if he hadn't passed out cold from it, he would have returned the favour.
That was the least of his worries, if they were going to make this relationship work, Leon and Darian couldn't be going for each other's neck at every chance they got.
Were they even attracted to each other? Now that was a thought to keep him up at night.
He couldn't really tell the time of the day but he could sense that it was pretty early in the morning, dawn was approaching though.
That meant that Leon and Darian would soon have to leave for work and the thought of that made him dread going back to sleep, waking up to an empty bed was the stuff of nightmares.
Was that a bit too clingy? Well, he had two holes on either side of his neck, he was actually being very calm about it.
He rested his head against Leon's chest with a pout, he was exhausted but fought against sleep, what did he have to do to keep them by his side? Fake being pregnant?
Falling asleep was inevitable and as much as he struggled against it, soon enough he felt himself slipping, unable to hold on to consciousness.
Darian was the first to wake, his inner clock going off, it was dark out still.
He raised both hands to stretch quietly only to meet with a slight resistance, Jaxon was gripping firmly his ring and pinky finger of his right hand.
A fond smile spread across his face at the sight, he also noted that he had a matching hold on Leon, his leg curved over his waist like he didn't want them to leave.
That wasn't going to be an issue because he never planned on leaving Jaxon behind.
He reached over to pry Jaxon and Leon apart, deciding to wake Jaxon first because not only was Leon a pain to wake up, his company was less than stellar.
He didn't exactly wake Jaxie, there was no need to, he would just clean him up while he dozed like he had done the night before while Leon laid the bed, the one thing he learnt was that Leon didn't know how to fix the edges of the sheets.
So he gently picked Jaxon from the bed, his chest puffing in pride when Jaxon cuddled up to him, like his mark sitting snugly on his neck wasn't already enough to inflate his ego.
Jaxon was very calm during the bath or maybe he was just that deeply asleep that water against the entirety of his skin didn't even phase him.
In no time, he had Jaxon all cleaned up and fully dressed, next was his turn, he needed to see about moving his clothes into Jaxon's closet because having to go all the way to his room every morning wasn't fun.
Plus, there was the additional bonus of Jaxon wearing his clothes.
For some reason, he also thought about Leon in his clothes, now there was an image he'd need a sanding paper to get out of his head and somehow he knew that even that wouldn't work.
Darian walked back into the room, this time fully dressed, he had laid Jaxon on the bed and somehow, he ended up in Leon's arms again.
For some reason, he didn't feel irked by the sight of them wrapped around each other, it felt normal even.
He shouldn't have washed his hair so hard, maybe he knocked his brain out his mouth.
But really, he needed to get used to thoughts like that, they had both marked Jaxie, they needed to own their shit and make this work.
He made his way over to the bed and gently pried them apart again, who knew Leo was so cuddly.
"Yo Leo, get up." He pulled on the blond's leg because as soon as he separated him from Jaxon, he was already rolling back to him.
Darian didn't even flinch when he pulled on Leon so much that he lost his balance, toppling off the side of the bed.
Leon woke up with a curse on his lips. "Son of a… I swear to fucking god, D…"
Darian just stepped over him to get on the bed and get to Jaxon, he didn't get that far though.
In vengeance, Leon pulled on his leg making him fall down as well, only that he hadn't made the right calculations.
Darian caught himself in time but he still had Leon pinned under him from the way he had fallen. "You didn't think this through, did you?" He smirked down at him.
Leon narrowed his eyes in irritation. "Get off me."
"So prickly." He muttered, getting the weird urge to ruffle his tousled hair but the look in Leon's eyes made him scrap the thought, which was a wise decision because the least that would have gone wrong would be getting his fingers bitten off.
He got up and got on the bed, this had been his plan all along, getting more time with Jaxon while Leon got ready.