PDA Level 1 - Embrace

Lawrence couldn’t believe Lily was still talking. The clock showed barely thirty minutes had passed, but it felt as though he had been standing in the strategy room listening to his sister drone for hours. Of course, her words were probably important, if only she didn’t repeat herself quite so much.

The balls of his feet were beginning to ache and he let his body sway a little to relieve the pressure. It worked for a few moments but what he truly needed was a break from this meeting, to go and relax in his room for a bit…

“...and that’s why I think we should…”

A pair of firm arms slid around him, trapping his biceps to his body and squeezing him affectionately.

Lawrence glanced up as inconspicuously as he could manage. Theo was staring ahead at Lily, giving the occasional short head nod to show he was paying attention, as though he were utterly oblivious to the fact he had just latched himself to Lawrence’s back. As though that were perfectly routine in a meeting about demon hunting strategy.

Lily took a pause to raise one slender black eyebrow at them but did not let Theo’s actions stop her speech, continuing to remind them of the council’s most recent announcements on safety precautions and documenting of demon encounters. Beth and David were listening very politely on either side of her, it appeared they had yet to notice Theo embracing Lawrence from behind. Either that or they were incredibly adept at pretending they couldn’t see them, despite standing mere feet away.

Lily’s words quickly muted to a background buzz as Theo began to stroke the pads of his fingers over Lawrence’s sides, light enough to leave a tingle rather than a tickle.

He cleared his throat as softly as possible in the hopes of catching Theo’s attention rather than anyone else’s.

There was no way his boyfriend had not heard him, and yet Theo kept his eyes glued to Lily, apparently entranced by her.

“... which is why we will now be implementing a…”

Lawrence pressed his hips back just a little and felt Theo lean his warm mouth into the nape of his neck, a smile stretched across his face and pressing against Lawrence’s skin. It was a struggle to keep a dopey smile off his own face at the warmth that filled him in direct response to his partner’s touch.

“Lawrence, keep your boyfriend in line.”

Lawrence jolted, felt his face flush, and shrugged Theo off of him with an awkward laugh. “Sorry, Lil.”

Beth and David were polite enough not to stare at them but Lawrence was still embarrassed that he had let Theo lead him astray from professionalism in front of them.

Theo had no such shame. Although he had stepped back a little, he still grinned wickedly.

When Lily returned to her lecture, a hand crept up to rest on Lawrence’s lower back. He allowed it, but gave Theo a warning look before giving his sister his full attention.