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No one had taken the pod like couch by the windows that night. The bar at the base had been fairly empty, everyone too tired and too sore to stick around for long. But it had become habit for Sezar to make his way up there to give one last check on everyone, and bask in the quiet enjoyment of being included in their conversations. The few voices at the bar made a pleasant background murmur to the natural hum of the base, and Sezar found himself lulled comfortably into near sleep when a familiar voice hummed just above him.
“Hidin’ from everyone, Sez?” Lex drummed his fingers against the metal hull of the pod in a simple beat.
Sezar managed a small, tired smile as he lifted his slender hands in a shrug. “Yes. Welcome to my secret lair. Tell no one of what you’ve seen here.”
Lex’s voice box vibrated out a half stifled laugh. He twisted his head to look over his shoulder before turning back to the pink haired ‘desh. “You uh, y’ got room for one more?”
“Be my guest.” Sezar gestured to the cushions beside him in a lazy beckon.
“Sweet.” Lex chirped, flopping down and stretching his long legs out in front of him before draping his arms across the back cushions that only consequently came close to wrapping around the doctor’s shoulders. “Been standin’ around all night, dunno why they don’t got stools over there or somethin’.”
Sezar shifted a bit, letting his weight rest companionably against the other man. “Probably so we’ll go home.”
“Maybe.” Lex mused, eyes darting briefly towards Sezar then back back to the expanse of window in front of them. “Guess I could just sit on the bar like Grumps does. Feel like people’d get mad at me though, ya know?”
“Mm.” Sezar let his optics slip shut, just for a bit. He was only vaguely aware of Lex’s arm slipping slowly from the cushions to curl around his shoulders. Even less so of the other mordesh’s voice dipping to a soft, humming tone.
“Am I borin’ you that bad Sez?”
“Never.”
It was a small consolation the doctor had closed his eyes, because for once Lex didn’t feel the need to try and control his Vitalus’ natural inclination to brighten at moments like this. Instead he tipped his own head to Sezar’s letting their temples rest gently against the other.
“Y’ want me to take y’ home?”
“Not yet.” Sezar murmured. “This’s nice.”
Lex ‘smiled’, eyes narrowing a fraction at the corners for a moment before slipping shut. Just for a bit.