- Chapter 26 - Specs x Ike -
Warnings: More fluffffffff
Canon Era
Third Person POV

"Spectacles!" Ike exclaims, running down the stairs.

He heard Specs and a few other boys' laughs in the living room.

Ike grins, leaning on the stairs. "Hey Specssss." He smiles cheekily.

"Weren't you going to hang with your twin since we teased you two this morning and forced you to sell apart?" Specs questions, chuckling lightly.

Ike shrugs. "He's asleep." He responds.

"I heard Blink ask Mike if he'd cuddle with him later because he and Race disrupted his, quote, 'not-really needed, but very much wanted sleep'." Mush informs them, his head in Smalls' lap.

(A/N, though I like to say that Sniper and Smalls are girls, for this series they aren't.)

Ike rolls his eyes. "Blink and his sleep. It's like Race and his cigar." He plops himself down next to Specs on the couch.

"Man," Race starts. "You and your twin's boyfriend are both targeting me today." He shakes his head, getting up. "Not cool."

Ike shoots him a wink. "You know it."

Race rolls his eyes, going upstairs.

JoJo follows his boyfriend upstairs.

Ike turns to face his boyfriend. "Wanna do something?" He asks.

"Like what?" Specs asks, placing his book down.

"I don't know." Ike looks at the ceiling. "Maybe jump off the Brooklyn bridge into the water?"

"How about something where you two won't die?" Jack responds, though his tone suggested that he wasn't going to agree unless they weren't in danger and not that he was suggesting it.

"We'd die?" Ike looks at him.

Jack shoots him a look, nodding.

"I always thought I was invincible." Ike shrugs. "Guess not."

"What happened to you?" Henry questions, shooting him a wary look.

"What do you mean?" Ike asks him. "I just wanted to be a child."

"You're fifteen." Jack reminds him. "You are a child." He states.

"Am not." Ike defends. "Now I understand how Race feels." He mutters.

He heard Race shout a 'thank you' from upstairs.

"You're acting more innocent than normally." Boots tells him. "I mean, I'd expect this from your twin, but not flirty, cocky, tough-guy Ike." He states.

Ike smirks. "Do you want flirty, cocky, tough-guy Ike," he mocks. "To come back?"

"No!" Boots exclaims, before coughing dismissively. "I- I mean- this is fine. I like both sides of you, but I'm just confused." He responds.

Ike shrugs, laying down on the couch and looking at the ceiling. "Is my life worth enough that God wouldn't trade it for someone else's if it meant he'd have to take me off this Earth?" He questions.

Some of the boys share wide-eyed looks.

"Cut innocent." Jack mumbles. "This is some deep stuff."

"We've reached the bottom of the ocean with Ike." Henry states, causing a few boys to laugh.

Specs plays with his boyfriend's hair. "Of course he wouldn't trade your life for someone else's." He whispers. "Ask JoJo or Elmer, God loves all of his children."

Ike nods.

(A/N, sorry. This is some deep Catholic stuff from me lol.)

"I want a cookie." Ike states, getting up.

He stops.

He pouts, falling back down on the couch. "I don't have enough money for a cookie." He mumbles.

Specs chuckles weakly, playing with his hair again. "I'm sorry, love." He responds. "What's with all of the emotion changes?"

"I'm a teenager." Ike states. "My emotions are wack." He reminds his boyfriend.

The boys, including Specs, laugh.

"True, true." Specs presses a kiss to Ike's forehead.

Ike blushes a bit. "Ooh," he lifts his head up a bit. "That feels nice." He whispers.

Specs chuckles.

"Hand?" Ike makes grabby hands and pleading eyes at Specs.

Specs chuckles, letting Ike take his hand.

If there was anything Ike loved to do, whether he was going through random mood/emotion swings or not, it was play with Specs' hand.

He got so mesmerized by it, Specs found it adorable. He just be focusing on it and Specs would see the more innocent side of him.

He always said-

"Soft." Ike whispers.

"What is up with your boyfriend today?" Jack asks Specs, making sure Ike couldn't hear him.

Specs went to speak, but was interrupted.

"Who wants to play Poker?" Race asks, coming into the room, his pack of cars in his hand.

He treasured those cards, as his mother had gotten them for his. They were the first pack he'd ever gotten.

"I thought you were pouting in your room." Albert comments, leaning, arms crossed, against the wall.

Race shrugs. "I'm done now." He responds. "Poker?"

"I bet Race will win!" Ike exclaims, shooting up and almost knocking Race over. "But I'll still play."

Some of the boys laugh.

"I'll play too." Finch tells them, coming into the room. "I want to try to beat Race again." He states.

"You never will." Race tells him, smirking.

Finch rolls his eyes. "Cocky," Race rolls his eyes. "But I know. I just want to try."

Race puts his hands up as he sits down. "I know, I'm just warning you." He states.

Finch scoffs. "Thanks for the warning."

Race looks up at him. "You're welcome!" He had a grin on his face.

Finch rolls his eyes. Race knew he had been being sarcastic.

While Race's hands were up, JoJo slipped his arms around Race, sitting down next to him, and pressing a kiss to his cheek.

Race blushes a bit. "Hey Tesoro." He whispers.

JoJo smiles. "Hey, mi amor." He whispers.

Buttons smiles. "I love that Race calls JoJo 'treasure' in Italian, and JoJo calls Race 'my love' in Spanish." He comments.

Race and JoJo smile, JoJo laying his head on Race's shoulder, while Race passed out the cards.

Specs sits down next to Jack. "He's been having these random mood/emotion swings, usually from cocky, like normal," they laugh. "To innocent, childish, adventurous, deep, etc."

Jack nods. "It's just weird seeing it from him." He responds quietly.

Specs nods. "I understand, but I kinda like it." He shrugs. "I mean, it lets me see a side of Ike that I usually wouldn't be able to see, unless I'm talking to him while he plays with my hand."

Jack nods, smiling softly. "I mean, I have no problem with it. It's just weird to me."

Specs nods, looking back at his boyfriend, who was laughing now with the other boys at something someone said.

Later

Specs just watched his boyfriend.

They laid in Specs' bunk, both of them facing each other.

Ike was holding one of Specs' hands, playing with it, mesmerized, while his eyes started to get heavy.

Even without the mood/emotion swings, this was a nightly routine.

Ike couldn't sleep without either being with Specs, Jack, Crutchie, or his twin.

Specs usually always slept with him (unless he was sick or wasn't there), and he never minded it.

He got to look at Ike's face without him noticing-

Well...

Ike's eyes flick up to meet Specs' eyes.

Specs blushes.

Ike smirks. "You see something you like?" He asks with a wink.

Specs rolls his eyes. "Such a flirt."

"Only for you." Ike winks again.

He got to look at Ike's face and notice all the little details.

Like;

- Ike's right eye shook a bit at times when it was tired.
- Ike had a small nose (idk)
- Ike had (very few) tiny freckles on his nose and right under his eyes.

Specs also just liked watching how entranced Ike was by his hand.

Specs presses a kiss to Ike's forehead when Ike's eyes close.

"Love you, my love." He whispers.

"Love you, Spectacles."

Specs chuckles softly. While that wasn't his name,

It was still pretty cute.

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