"Babe, get up."

Maxie whines as he throws the blankets over himself. "Noooo.. go away.."

"Max."

This is exactly the reason why Archie hates it when Maxie stays up all night to work, then ends up sleeping until 1:00pm the next day.

"C'mon, baby.. wake up..." Archie purrs, rubbing circles into his back. "I'll get the coffee started if ye want~ is that enough motivation?"

That just made him start to giggle and curl into a ball while draping the blanket over him more. "Q-Quit it!"

Archie sighs and tries to take the blanket off of him. But to no avail.

"Archie, I want to sleeeeeep..." He whined.

"No, Max. It's 11:00am. It's time to get up."

"No. I'm tired and it's a Saturday. Fuck off."

*scowl* "Babe. Now."

Maxie curled into a sleepy ball. "Make me."

Archie grinned evilly. "Oho? So ye want me to make ye, huh?" He saw his husband's foot sticking out from the edge of their bed and grabbed his ankle.

"H-heyyyy! Let go! You are NOT dragging me out of this bed!" He shouted as he jerked his leg back in frustration.

"Ohoho no.. I've gotta better idea to drag yer lazy butt out of bed.. c'mere!" He stroked his fingers lightly at his foot. "Tickle tickle tickle~"

Squeaks and high pitched giggles could be heard from underneath the sheets. The redhead tried to jerk his foot away, but Archie was too strong for him.

"C'mon, Maxie~ I know yer ticklish~"

"Ahahahahaharchihihihihihiee nohohohohoh!! Hehehehehe!!! Nohohohoho ticklihihihihing!!! *snort* Nahahahahahat myhyhyhy feeheeheet! Pleheheheehase stohohohohohp!"

"Not until ye get outta bed! I can do this all morning, babe." His fingers wiggled faster. "Gitchi gitchi goo!"

"St-Stohohohohahahahahp!! It tickles-!! Ahahaharchie dahahahamn ihihihihit!! Ihihihihi wahahahahahnt tohohohohho sleeheeheep!!"

"I'm sorry, baby.. but I'm not letting ye sleep until 2:00 in the afternoon this time." He traces the bottom of his foot. "C'mon~ wakey wakey!"

"Nohohohohohoho!! Cuhuhuhuhut ihihihit out!! Hehehehehehehehe!!! Lehehehet mehehehe sleeheheheheep!!!"

Archie rolls his eyes. "Yer really gonna be that stubborn, aren't ye? Don't make me get yer weak spot. Ye thought I forgot about that, didn't ye?"

"DON'T YOU- GAHAHAHAH!!! OH GAHAHAD NAHAHAHAHT THEHEHEHERE AHAHAHAH- HAHAHAHAVE MEHEHEHERCY!!!"

His fingers found that soft, horribly ticklish spot under his husband's toes. A few seconds of that did him in.

"OHOHOHOKAHAHAHAY!!! OHOHOKAHAHAY! IHIHIHIHI'M UHUHUHUHUP!!! IHIHIHIHI'M UHUHUHUHUP YOHUHUHUHU AHAHAHASS! STOHOHOHOP TIHIHIHICKLING MEHEHEHE!!"

As promised, Archie let his ankle go, giving him a breather. But, he dove into the covers and continued his tickle attack on Maxie's sides, making him laugh harder.

"HEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHEY WHAHAHAHAHAT THEHEHEHE HEHEHEHELL?! AHAHAHAH- I-I-I'M GEHEHEHETTING UHUHUP YOHUHUHUHU DIHIHIHIHICK!!! QUIHIHIHIHIT IHIHIHIT!!!"

Archie smirks. "Maybe if ye were a little more cheery this morning instead of being a grump butt, I'd show some mercy. Besides.. yer not being very nice with the name calling, babe~ that hurts me feelings~" His teasing was relentless.

"IHIHIHI'M GONNA HUHUHUHURT MOHOHHOORE THAN YOUR FEEHEHEHEHEELINGS IHIHIHIHIF YOHUHUHUHU DON'T STAHAHP!!"

"Ohhh-? So we're threatening now, mm?" His fingers tickled him faster. "Not a very smart choice, Max. *growl* I'm gonna Coochie Coochie Coochie-!"

"GAHAHAHAHAH-! *snort* AHAHAHRCHIE!! MEHEHEHERCY!!" He begged, tears threatening to fall from his eyes. "HAHAHEHE- IHIHIHIHIHIT TIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHICKLES!!"

"Awww.. yer so cute when ye snort, me little lovebug~" Archie's mischievous fingers got up to the redhead's armpits. "I'm not hearing an apologyyyyyy~"

"EHEHEHAHAHAHAHA!!! NAHAHAHAHAHT THEHEHEHEHEHERE!!! *snort* ARCHIE IHIHIHI CAHAHAHAHAHAN'T BREHEHEHEATHE!!"

"C'mon! Two words!" The pirate teased. "All ye have to do is say em, and the tickle torture stops! But, if yer gonna keep being stubborn.. I'll just get yer belly next..!" He starts tickling his stomach, a known weak spot on his redhead.

He immediately started squirming, giggling into Archie's chest. "GAHAHAHAHAH NOHOHOHOHO!! *squeal* NAHAHAHAHT THEHEHEHEHEHEHE BEHEHEHEHELLY!! OHOKAHAHAY OHOHOHOKAHAHAHAY!!!! IHIHIHIHI GIVE!! IHIHIHIHI'M SAHAHAHAHARRY!! STAHAHP IHIHIHIHIT AHAHAHALREADY!!!"

He finally stopped, and he hugged Maxie from the side. "There! Now, that wasn't so hard was it?" He failed to contain a cackle, watching Maxie make a death glare at him while he was trying to compose himself. "Good morning, sleepyhead~"

He got whacked with a pillow.

"H-hey! That's not very nice!" He chuckles, blocking the hits with his arms. "Max! That's not any way to treat yer husband!"

"I am going to beat the living crap out of you with this pillow." He hissed. "I wanna go back to sleep."

"Ah Ah Ah!" He grabbed the pillow. "Ye do that, and yer getting tickled again."

*grumble*

Archie threw his arms around him, kissing his cheek. "C'mon, sweetie.. don't stay mad. Ye had to get up sometime! *kiss* pwease forgive me?"

"Fine.. I forgive you, you big dork." He returned the kisses. "But do NOT make that a habit of waking me up." He demands.

"Wha- babe... seriously? It's 11!"

He blushes, turning his head away. "N-no... that's not it. I meant... don't wake me up by tickling me.."

Archie grins wide. "Awww? But where's the fun in that, sugar?" *poke* "Yer so precious when ye laugh."

*snicker* "Quit ihihihit!"

"See? *poke*

"Okahahay!!" He grabs Archie's wrist before he could poke his side again. "Yohuhuhu made your point! Just cut it out! M-My sides hurt from laughing so much!"

He chuckles. "Ok ok, I'll spare ye, for now... but really, do ye forgive me, yer grumpiness?"

"Would you like to like for me to change my mind and start whacking you with a pillow again?"

"If it would make ye less of a grump." Archie sneered, smirking at him. "Th-that wasn't a challenge- hey!" He dodges the pillow as Maxie resumes trying to hit him with it. "Babe! H-hehehehey! Knock it off!"

"You had to open your big, fat mouth!" He mercilessly whacks at his face. "This is what you get for tickling me to death!"

"Abuse!" Archie chuckled loudly. "This is abuse!"

"I'll show you abuse!" The redhead playfully growled, tackling his burly husband to the bed and whacking his face with his pillow.

"Hehehehey! Max!" Archie laughs, unable to get up. "I give up! I give up!"

He pauses his pillow attack. "Really, now?"

"Nope!!" That gave him the opening to tackle Maxie back and pin him to the sheets. "Now I gotcha, troublemaker~"

"I swear to god, if you tickle me again, I'm going to- AAAAAH!!! AHAHAHAHSHSHIHIHIT- AHAHAHAHARCHIHIHHIIHE NAHAHAHOHO!!"

"Yer gonna what, baby?" Archie taunted. "Yer gonna laugh? That's not very threatening, sweetheart. However, I don't like being laughed at~"

"AHAHAHAHAHAH- GAHAHAHAH STAHAHAP! DOHOHOHOHON'T TOHOHOHUCH MY RIHIHIHIHIBSAHAHAHAH-!"

"Stop laughing at me, then I'll stop." He smirks, knowing that his husband can't help it.

Maxie's face turned red in embarrassment. "IHIHIHIHI'M NAHAHAHAHAT LAHAHAHAUGHING AHAHAHAT YOHUHU!!!"

"Then what're ye laughing at, honey? What in the world is so funny that ye can't stop laughing?" Archie asks, moving his tickling fingers to Maxie's belly. "Is there something funny about yer tummy?"

"GAHAHAHD DAHAHAHAHAMN IHIHIHIHIT IHIHIHIHI'M GOHOHOHHOING TOHOHOHO FUHUHUHUHUCKING KIHIHIHILL YOHUHUHU!!! PL-PLEHEHEASE NAHAHAT MY BELLY!! HAVE MEHEHEHERCY!!!"

Archie playfully gasps in a dramatic matter. "How rude! That's no way to talk to yer husband, Maxie!"

He starts wheezing, nothing he was trying to say was coming out correctly. Eventually, tears started pouring from his eyes in mirth. Seeing that, Archie stopped his onslaught. He looked down at his giggly husband, and leaned down to kiss his lips. Maxie accepted the kiss and caressed his face, and they sat there kissing for a good few minutes.

"I love ye, so much, Max." He smiles happily. "Yer smile and yer laugh always brightens me day.. now, ye may be mad at me.. but 1, ye needed to get up, and 2.. ye deserved tickles from the start with yer mouth."

"Mhmhmhmmmhmhm.."

"Yer such a little shit, but I love ye more than anything, babe. Ye know that?"

Maxie giggles. "Of course, who wouldn't love The Great Maxie?"

....

"Babe. I'm gonna tickle ye again if ye don't quit bein' a smartass."

"F-Fine.. but really, I love you too."

Archie pulls him in for a cuddle hug. "I know ye do, silly. *kiss* I'd never change ye."