I woke up warm. It felt like I was laying across my radiator and that radiator moved slightly. Two arms shuffled against me as one hand slipped under the back of my shirt pulling my body closer to the warmth.

I hummed in comfort as my body fully woke up. That heat that lulled me awake wasn't a radiator.

It was Reid.

If I wasn't already sprawled across the top of him I would have tried to get closer. To lean my body in to chase that warmth. But I was surrounded in it. I'd missed this feeling, this was the feeling that I'd been chasing since I met Reid.

I wanted to be close to him. To let myself be surrounded in him, in his warmth.

I felt as his fingers started moving against my back. He made random shapes into my skin and I did everything I could to keep myself still. I didn't want to ruin this moment. I'd live here just like this forever if I could.

"You're awake." I huffed out.

"No." His voice was still filled with sleep.

I let my eyes fully open and took in the sight of him. His curls were disheveled and his eyes were slowly blinking open. He looked so sleepy and I couldn't help but find it hard to look away. He looked adorable like this.

There was no fighting the smile as it spread across my face. I didn't know how I ever let myself walk away from this. I'd let Reid go once and I didn't think I could do it again.

"I've never done this before." I confessed.

I tried not to let it get to my head. I knew I had a general lack of experience when it came to relationships. I hadn't been interested in trying to make up for any of that lack of experience until now. I hadn't gone out of on dates, I hadn't laid next to someone like I was right now.

I was usually freaking out by now. Being close to someone like this made me feel pressure to take the next steps, I got into my head about what the other person was expecting from me. But right now with Reid I didn't feel that pressure, I knew he wasn't expecting anything past what I was willing to do.

I could finally just enjoy this moment and I found I really liked waking up finding someone there next to me.

"We should stay like this all day." I could hear that small sliver of need in his voice.

I wanted to be here but I could tell he needed it right now. He needed to be here next to me with my arms wrapped around him tightly. I wasn't planning on letting go anytime soon.

"We might have to get up to get some food at some point but I'm happy to do a lazy day with you."

"Hmmm I could eat." He hummed not moving an inch to actually get out of bed.

"You want me to make you something?" I offered.

It was obvious I had completely lost my mind in this moment. Not even for a second have I claimed to be able to cook. I was more like a total disaster when it came to the kitchen. Yet somehow here I was offering to possibly poison the guy that I liked.

"Can we do breakfast in bed? I'm very comfortable right now."

I didn't think there would ever be a day I could say no to Reid. I was totally screwed.

"Try to go back to bed, I'll wake you up once I finish making you the best breakfast ever." I pressed my face right into those perfect curls and placed a soft kiss against the side of his head.

Yeah I definitely wasn't going to fuck this up. If that meant doing my best to somehow not fuck up breakfast then I'd do that. I could learn to cook in the next twenty minutes.

"Can you make pancakes?" He smiled at me.

Absolutely not.

"Of course, anything else?"

"Maybe some caffeine."

"One coffee and a stack of pancakes coming right up." I was totally fucking screwed but I convinced myself I could manage that and pressed a quick kiss to his lips.

Reid was smiling against me and when I pulled away and got to see the happiness written across his face I knew I'd do anything for him. I'd make him the best damn pancakes he ever had.

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I was totally and utterly fucked. It had been five minutes and somehow I already messed it up. I didn't think that was enough time to even screw this up as bad as I did. The whole counter was a disaster of white flour and there was egg sweeping through my shirt.

I couldn't admit defeat. I would not let myself be beaten by stupid pancakes. But I knew I had to admit to myself I wasn't going to be able to do this on my own.

I needed to call in reinforcements. I grabbed my phone hitting my best friends contact. Unfortunately instead of hearing his voice all I heard was the beep for his voicemail.

If Jake wouldn't answer I knew who would. I called Evan knowing that it was probably the best way to actually get a hold of Jake when I needed him.

Luckily I was right.

"What could you possibly need right now?" The sound of my very annoyed best friend came through the phone.

"Funny I called your phone and you ignored me."

"Maybe you should have taken the hint that I'm busy." He grumbled.

"Well I need your help so get unbusy." I shot back at him.

I had no sympathy for bothering Jake especially since I had a feeling I knew what he was doing before he answered the phone. But I was deciding not to think about that too much to save myself from being traumatized.

"What's wrong?" That annoyed tone was gone.

"I can't make pancakes, I told Reid I'd cook him breakfast but this shit is impossible."

Jake let out a loud laugh.

"Why on earth would you offer to make him breakfast? Are you trying to kill the guy?" Jake teased.

"Can you not make fun of me for like five seconds and help me make him breakfast?"

"I'm not in the helping mood, I was in the middle of giving Evan his breakfast when you interrupted me."

"If you weren't going to help you shouldn't have answered the phone so put your dick away and help me make some pancakes."

"Hold on, let me get some pants on and I'll FaceTime you, I'd feel bad if you accidentally murder your boyfriend."

I didn't know how much help Jake actually was besides telling me I was doing everything wrong. I think he enjoyed that part though. But after about thirty minutes of arguing and Jake bossing me around I ended up with four non-burnt pancakes and one giant mess.

I considered that a win.

"Was there a tornado?" Reid stood in the doorway taking in the complete mess of the kitchen in front of him.

"You were supposed to stay in bed."

I was hoping I could have cleaned this all up before he saw exactly how much of a disaster I really was.

"You were taking too long." He shrugged and closed the distance between us.

I wrapped my arms around him the second he was in reach holding him against me.

"Did you actually make pancakes or just throw all the ingredients around the kitchen?" He asked with a wide smile.

"If they are horrible please lie to me." I detached from him and grabbed his plate for him.

"They look perfect, let me eat first and then I'll help you clean this mess." He leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine in a short kiss.

When he pulled away he was still grinning.

" Maybe next time let me do the cooking." Reid just chuckled as he walked to the table with his breakfast.

That smile of his and these perfect kisses were all I needed. I'd put up with Jake being a psycho all morning if it meant being able to do this for Reid. I wanted to see him happy and I'd do anything to give that to him.

A/n:

Sorry for the delay. Honestly my life kinda fell apart and it's been a really hard month. My mental health has been shit and I got forced to come out to my dad which was literally one of the worst moments ever. I'm still working on dealing with it all and getting myself into a good place.

I can't promise regular updates but I do want to work on this story so I'll probably just post as I finish the chapters until I get into more of a schedule with my writing. 

Thank you all for being so patient and supportive. I couldn't ask for better readers.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

-Cora Leigh