Atlas smiled, sleepy Emrys was very cute. "Sounds great, I don't want to leave either. I'll call them right now if you'd like?" He said removing his hand from Emrys' hair and grabbing his phone off the bedside table.
Em nodded, reaching up to rub some of the sleep from his eyes. His hair was all messed up. There was a sweet little smile on his face as he watched Atlas grab the phone, something soft and grateful in his eyes. He was still cuddled up against Atlas's chest, half nuzzling his neck as he waited. "Yeah, yes please."
"Okay, great. I'll do that." Atlas mumbled. He pulled up Cadmus' contact and pressed 'call'. He put it up to his ear to make sure Cadmus picked up. He pressed a kiss to Emrys' forehead while he waited.
Em relaxed a little as he watched the call go through, slumping up against Atlas's chest with a relieved sigh.
Cadmus picked up after half a minute or so, sounding half asleep and very grumpy. "Listen asshole, I get that you need advice sometimes and that inspiration comes at weird times and sometimes management does dumb shit real early in the morning but for the love of god, please wait until at least 12 to spring it on me. Some of us need our beauty sleep, Fox."
"Fuck your beauty sleep, princess. Anyway, this is about Em and not me. He had a nightmare last night and he wanted to talk to you." Atlas said, laughing a little. He glanced down at Emrys then out the window.
"Better a princess than a fucking peon like you," Cadmus shot back, though he quieted when Atlas brought up Em. There was the sound of shifting sheets as he got out of bed, and then a grunt and a thumping sound, like he fell. Emrys couldn't help but laugh at it, meeting Atlas' eyes with a wavering smile.
"Fucking fine, I'll be there in 10 minutes. AND I BET YOU WANT HARLEY TOO DON'T YOU??" He raised his voice for the last part loud enough that Em could hear.
Em smiled softly and reached for the phone, giving Atlas a questioning look. "Could I…?"
Atlas winced when Cadmus raised his voice, pulling the phone away from his ear. He returned a smile, nodding while he gave Emrys the phone. He returned his hand to Em's hair as he listened to him talk to Cadmus.
Em sighed happily, practically melting up against Atlas' chest as he was petted. "Hey," he murmured. His voice was scratchy but soft. "Y'don't need to yell, 'm here with Atlas. I… um… I do really want Harley, could you bring him over?" Normally his tone would be even and cool but right now, worked up the way he was, all his emotion bled through into the words, coloring them with hope and insecurity.
Cadmus laughed gently from the other side of the line. "Course I can, babe. We wanted to drop by and visit you anyways, is Atlas taking care of you? Are you feeling alright?"
"He is. I… I'll see you soon?"
"You will, Em, just hold tight. We'll be there in 5."
Atlas almost slipped into a frown when he heard Cadmus call Emrys 'babe', but he kept a straight face. He, instead, smiled. "Do you need anything else before they get here?" Atlas asked, giving Em a small squeeze. He watched the clouds outside as they poured out rain.
Em passed Atlas his phone, kissing him on the cheek with a grateful smile. "Just some kisses," he answered, managing to scrape together a small smile for his boyfriend. "And… um… I like it when you squeeze me close, it… it feels more secure. More real."
"Works for me, I like kisses and squeezing you close. You know, I love you so much. Thank you so much for dealing with my last night, I really appreciate it." He said, looking back down at Emrys, leaning in to kiss his boyfriend then place his forehead on Em's.
Emrys kissed him back, shuffling a bit so he could loop his arms lazily around Atlas' neck and lean in for a second, softer kiss. "I love you too, Atlas. I'm glad you trust me enough to let me help you when you get upset, and… it's really no trouble to comfort you. I always want you to feel better, so… helping you is just natural to me."
Atlas couldn't help but smile. "I've trusted you almost since we first met. You're easy to trust since you don't judge and you actually care about people. I really like that about you." He said, looking into Emrys' eyes.
Em smiled back, a little more worn around the edges but just as happy. He blushed at the compliments, but he didn't look away. He couldn't- not when Atlas was looking at him like that. "Yeah, I… I always wanted to be someone people could talk to, I guess. I'm glad I got to meet you. I… I'm glad we got to be friends."
"Me too," Atlas said, smiling, growing more as he saw Em's smile and blush. He pecked the tip of Emrys' nose. "Hey, I think it's been more than five minutes, they're late." He said chuckling a little.
Em blushed even harder, tucking his face away in the crook of Atlas' neck with a soft laugh. "They were probably being dumb around each other again," he mumbled. "They're both so ridiculous, they need to just confess and get it over with already."
A knock sounded at the door just as he finished speaking, loud and insistent. "OPEN UP BUTTERCUPS!!" Cadmus yelled, followed by a long period of silence that probably only happened because Harley was shushing him.
"I've got breakfast, Em," a much quieter voice called. Harley, most likely with a hand clamped over Cadmus' mouth to keep him quiet while they were in the halls. "It's a smoothie from that chain restaurant you like, can you send Atlas over to let us in?"
"I know right?" Atlas whispered to Emrys as he listened to Cadmus and Harley. He giggled a little thinking about it. "I can't let you guys in, Em is laying on top of me! Just use the key card management probably gave you!" He yelled back at the guys behind the door. He was smiling, glancing down at Emrys. He looked up at the door, waiting for them to come in.
Em hummed in some vague form of agreement, not wanting to get up off of Atlas' very cozy chest. Harley's answering sigh could be heard through the door, but if the shuffling sounds that followed were any indication, he was probably doing just what Atlas suggested. Em smiled up at Atlas, pecking him sweetly on the lips just as Harley got the door open and marched inside, one hand steady on the back of a very sheepish looking Cadmus' neck.
"Well I see you're comfortable!" Cadmus accused, sighing when Harley squeezed the back of his neck warningly.
"Yes, very. How've you guys been? Up to anything interesting?" Atlas asked smiling. Saying that, he realized, they had barely done anything all together on tour yet. Yes there were the concerts, but that hardly counted.
Cadmus laughed. Please, like management would let us do anything approaching fun."
"You just say that because your idea of fun includes breaking at least one law," Harley chided, giving him one last squeeze before he let go and meandered over to Emrys, passing him some kind of pink-orange smoothie which he accepted happily. "To answer your question Atlas, we've been having plenty of fun. I took the fireball to a museum yesterday,, and then he forced me over to the city zoo. How about you?"
Atlas chuckled at Harley's comment about Cadmus, nodding a little to agree. "Well, we went shopping, Em got some clothes and I got a hat, then we were going to get ice cream but decided to come back here instead. Sounds like you guy had fun though. If the rain ever stops we should all do something together!" He said happily.
Em hummed softly in agreement, sipping on his smoothie as he tangled his legs with Atlas'. Harley gave him a soft smile, leaning over to ruffle his hair. "And how's the sweet one doing? Was it too bad of a nightmare?"
Em shook his head. "No, just… bad feelings. They're… less now, but…. I just wanted you guys to be here."
Cadmus cooed, wandering over so he could lean against Harley and grab one of Emrys' hands. "Of course we're here Em! You never call me unless it's an emergency. Now get your boyfriend to scooch over, we're having a puppy pile."
"I'm right here, ya know. I can hear you, you can talk right to me if you need me to do anything." Atlas said. He grinned at Cadmus then looked down at Emrys. He pressed a small kiss to the top of his head. "But do whatever you want I guess, it's not like we're a close band or anything." He said, looking back up to Cadmus, chuckling a little.
Cadmus laughed, pushing on Atlas' shoulder gently. "Well move then, you big lug! We've got lots of cuddling to do, maximizing space is important. Especially because I call being Harley's little spoon!"
Emrys giggled quietly, curling closer to Atlas and slowly nudging him over to the left so the other two would have room. "What if Atlas or I wanna be Harley's little spoon?"
"Tough luck, we all know he gives the best hugs, so he's mine."
Atlas laughed and scooted over a little more. He sent Emrys a silly, knowing smile before nodding to the room they made for Cadmus and Harley. "Don't worry, Cadmus, we both know Harley's yours, we're just playin'," giggling after he said it, "So what're you guys waiting for? C'mon!"
Emrys smiled back at him, getting snuggled up against Atas' side as Cadmus and Harley plopped down with varying degrees of grace. Harley rolled his eye at Cadmus as he tossed an arm across his waist to pull him close, shooting Atlas a disbelieving look that said can you believe him better than any words could.
Atlas laughed again. He loved that they did this every now and then. He could probably safely say they were one of the closest bands to each other. He kept a tight grip on Emrys, happy that Em liked it. "So. what do y'all want to do today?"
Em let Cadmus snuggle up against him, patting his cheek affectionately before he reached up to fiddle with Atlas' hair absently. Harley was plastered up against Cadmus' back, but he'd slung his arm across Atlas' hip, effectively sandwiching them together.
"Oh!! We should go visit the aquarium!!" Cadmus said, scootching up a little so he wasn't being crushed. "Apparently it's got all kinds of fish, plus I know Em here's always had a soft spot for sea creatures and they have a place where you can pet the stingrays."
"Oh that sounds fun!" Atlas said in excitement. "What d'ya think, Harley, Em?" He asked, before glancing up at the window. It was still raining pretty hard. He hoped they would have to be outside long, he wasn't a huge fan of being in rain, especially if it was pouring.
Em laughed softly at Atlas' excitement, a little spark of enthusiasm in his own eyes as he leaned over to peck his boyfriend on the check. "I'd like to go if Harley's not too disappointed about having to go to another zoo."
Harley sighed, pressing his face into the back of Cadmus' neck. "Well I can't say I'm going to look forward to parenting you children while we're there, but I'll go."
