Until You’re Okay
Fandom: DSMP
Pairing: Schlatt/Quackity
Warnings: Minor mentions of alcoholism
Word Count: 1,190
Summary: Schlatt has a splitting headache because he neglected to take care of himself and it takes Quackity seeing the state he's in to do something about it.
Notes: 1. Some healthy schlatt/quackity (schlackity? i think?) content!! 2. I actually posted this over a month ago on ao3 but I’m pretty sure I forgot to post it here sdklfgshdf
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Schlatt had a headache.
He wasn’t entirely sure why, he’d been sober for months (totally not because the way Tubbo looked at him when he finally broke down made him believe he could actually be a better person for a moment,) so he wasn’t hungover.
Whatever the cause was, it was making focusing on what he was doing fucking difficult as hell. He had important president shit to do, why did God or whatever the hell was watching decide to do this to him?
“Fuck,” he groaned, letting his head fall to his desk, feeling the cool temperature that seeped from the wood, through the paper separating his skin from it, and easing the pain just behind his eyes ever so slightly.
It was nice, and honestly Schlatt could fall asleep like this if the fucking headache didn’t throb every time he tried to relax his shoulders.
There was a knock, and Schlatt grunted in response with the hope whoever it was would just go away.
“You look like shit, babe.”
“You’re a piece of shit, babe,” Schlatt snapped back, wincing at himself and the silence that followed before he lifted his to look at Quackity with a grimace.
“Sorry.”
Quackity hummed, looking over Schlatt’s face. His eyes trailed to his shoulders, then to the paperwork Schlatt had been struggling to do for the last hour.
His eyes scanned the desk, probably looking to make sure Schlatt was still clinging to sobriety, before he walked back out of the room.
Fuck.
Schlatt rubbed a hand over his eyes, resisting the urge to groan again.
For someone supposedly head over heels he sure didn’t know how to act around Quackity sometimes. Not that he ever knew, it was even worse when he was drunk, but at least now he should know better than to fucking insult the man.
The paper that was in front of him was pulled away and the sudden lack of the glaring white with tiny text made the pain in his head ease just a bit.
“The hell?”
“Lean back for me,” Quackity said, gently pulling on his shoulders to get Schlatt to lean back in his chair.
He did, blinking in confusion as he strained his neck to look at his vice president, wincing at the fluorescent lights that hung above the two of them.
Quackity didn’t say anything, just huffed an exasperated laugh and gently moved his head forward again before pulling his hands away.
Schlatt kind of wanted his hands back on him, if he was being honest with himself. Not in sexual way, not really, but they were so warm and it felt nice to be touched as softly as Quackity was handling him right now.
“Take off your jacket for me?”
The question took Schlatt off guard, and as he did what Quackity asked he couldn’t really help but wonder what was going on because that was way too soft for this to be like any of their previous fucks.
Plus, Schlatt was hoping it wasn’t a fuck anyway, his head was pounding and that was the only thing he could really handle doing that right now.
“Thanks, let me know if anything hurts too much.”
“What?”
And then Quackity’s hands were on his shoulders, thumbs digging into the muscle of his back gently but with enough pressure to make Schlatt groan in relief as he relaxed.
The moment was quiet, Schlatt’s eyes half closed while Quackity stood behind him working out the knots in his shoulders and neck.
It was honestly perfect, Schlatt hadn’t had anyone take care of him like this in a long time and yeah it wasn’t helping his feelings for the man behind him any but it was perfect so he couldn’t bring himself to care.
Quackity’s hands stopped digging into his shoulders, but instead of pulling away like Schlatt expected, they slid down the front of his chest in a loose hug from behind and Quackity’s chin was resting on the top of his head.
“When was the last time you slept?”
Schlatt hummed, not processing the question because he was still soaking up the contact and praying it wouldn’t end soon.
“Hey,” Quackity said, patting Schlatt’s chest where his hand rested, “I asked a question hombre guapo, I’d like an answer.”
Unable to help himself, Schlatt leaned his head back to look up at Quackity and admire him a bit.
“You’re pretty too,” he mumbled, earning a soft laugh and light dusting of pink decorating pretty cheeks that wore the best smile Schlatt had ever seen.
“That is not the question I asked, but thanks. C’mon, when’d you last sleep?”
Schlatt hummed in thought.
“Outside of when you woke me up this morning?”
Quackity let out a sigh, and no, Schlatt didn’t want that. Quackity was beautiful when he smiled, Schlatt didn’t want to be the reason he stopped doing that.
“Falling asleep at your desk because you pushed yourself to get a ridiculous amount of paperwork done doesn’t count, Schlatt.”
Lifting a hand, Schlatt cupped Quackity’s face as gently as he could, pulling away soon after because he really shouldn’t be touching something that perfect.
Quackity’s face flushed red, and it took Schlatt a moment to realize he’d said that last bit out loud.
“Wow, I’m really fucking tired, huh?”
There was a beat of silence, and then Quackity let out a laugh before circling Schlatt’s chair to pull him out of it.
“Let’s fix it then, come on.”
Schlatt followed him easily, yawning as Quackity pulled on his hand to lead him towards his room.
God, falling into his bed has never been better if Schlatt was being honest with himself. His headache was starting to fade and it took his energy to stay awake with it.
He was about to pass out then before Quackity started leaving, his hand falling from Schlatt’s in a way that made his heart drop.
“Wait no—”
Quackity stopped, looking back at him with a raised eyebrow before his eyes fell to where Schlatt still had his hand out.
“What?”
“Don’t go?”
Schlatt didn’t know what had gotten into him, yeah he was exhausted and his head had been hurting for hours but he didn’t usually let himself get this vulnerable with anyone.
Quackity sighed, but it felt fond and given the smile Schlatt saw before he turned to close the door he was pretty sure it was fond and not just wishful thinking.
“Alright, but you can’t tell anyone we cuddled because you had a headache.”
“If anyone finds out about this, I’m killing whoever snitched,” Schlatt agreed, “now c’mere.”
A laugh, a fucking beautiful laugh that had Schlatt melting as Quackity climbed into the bed with him, and Schlatt decided that this was the best day ever actually.
He wrapped his arms around Quackity, burying his face in the others hair. The beanie was already slipping off, but Schlatt was too preoccupied with the feeling of tangling their legs together and Quackity’s breath against his collarbone to bother teasing him for it.
Right now was too perfect for Schlatt to even consider fucking it up.
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