Tom was sitting on his bed, scrolling through his phone when a bunch of rushed knocks echoed through his bedroom door, so with a raised brow, he got up and walked over to the door, opening it to see Tord "Hey-" not even one word in, Tom was cut off as the soldier caressed his face and kissed him so deeply and desperately, the half demon didn't even push him away, instead his arms wrapped around the back of Tord's neck. The soldier closed the door behind himself before snaking his arms around Tom's waist. And the moment they separated their lips by a centimetre for air only lasted a couple seconds before Tord reconnected their lips.

Rhin Warden House, Ashmaine, England, Mid
Friday, August 4th
8:09am
Tom fell off the edge of his bed as his body jolted him awake from the unwanted reoccurring dream he had been having for a month now. The half demon groaned in both annoyance and slight pain from falling off the bed as he sat up on the floor of his bedroom.

Stepping out of the hallway and into the kitchen, Tom found Tord making pancakes for breakfast. The soldier smiled at him "Morning, Tom" he greeted him as Tom hesitantly strolled across the room and over to the counter to make himself some coffee "Morning..." he answered back, quickly making his cup up before sitting down at the table. A second after taking a sip of the warm black liquid, Tom flinched a little as the soldier placed a plate down in front of him, a couple pancakes stacked perfectly in the centre "Tord, I didn't-" "My treat" the soldier smiled at the half demon as he sat down opposite of him with his own plate. Tom's brows knotted a little "...thank you" he hesitantly said, slowly picking up the knife and fork Tord had given him as well and cut a small piece, slowly putting it in his mouth. His eyes basically closed as fluffy heaven bloomed in his mouth. "Had Patryk go off at me whilst over in Norway," Tord begun his story as Tom opened his eyes, looking over at the soldier "Said I couldn't live off of coffee forever- I forgotten to eat for a while, I was too focused on work" Tord continued as the half demon's brows knotted a little more, never picturing Tord as the type of person to skip a meal. "So the next day, both Paul and Patryk dragged me out of the base and took me to a café close by with a couple other soldiers, didn't let me order on the off chance I'd grab another coffee" Tord laughed a little "A plate full of eggs, bacon and pancakes and a glass of juice, everyone got the same thing and it was great- I ate every bite" the soldier stated as Tom silently listened, continuing to eat. "Paul and Pat made the habit of dragging me out of work and at least to the cafeteria each day until I started going there myself" the soldier continued "And it wasn't like I was refusing to eat, I just simply forgot about it" "You did the same thing when it came to final exams" Tom pointed out as Tord nodded his head "I get too focused on something and I end up forgetting about myself" the soldier confirmed. Tom swallowed down another mouthful of fluffiness "You and Edd used to cook up this 'study breakfast' during the trials and finals" the half demon remembered as Tord smiled, nodding his head "Yeah, switching it up every couple of days- remember Matt managing to re-read an entire math textbook whilst eating breakfast that one morning before the math exam?" "Of course, you were doing the same thing with your engineering notes" Tom recalled as both of them laughed. "The group studies Matt and Edd made in the living room, either silence filled with pen scribbles or reading" Tom said "And your great idea to have us test each other and make a competition out of it" "Oh come on, you know it was fun" "Yeah, it diffidently was" Tord laughed.

Tom felt his smile draw wider, a smile he couldn't drag back down nor stop as he listened to Tord continue to talk about the stupid things them and their friends got up to in high school. It was memories he loved and more.
The two four year-olds ran through the freshly bloomed flowers of the park their parents had brought them to yet watched from afar from their picnic setup. After a few minutes, the boys sat down in the flowers; Tom was watching the bees zip around whilst Tord slowly picked a flower at a time and carefully woven them the way his mother had showed him the last time they came to the park until he had a perfectly woven flower crown in his hands. Tom felt the other boy place the floral crown on his head, looking up at Tord with big curious eyes whilst the other boy brightly smiled "One day, when I grow up, I'm going to marry you and you're gonna wear this" Tord said as Tom laughed a little, the other boy laughing too.
Tom shook the memory from his head as he held his chest, feeling his heart beating a little faster than usual "Calm down, fucking heart" he sharply muttered at himself "Sorry?" Tom flinched, almost forgetting that Tord was sitting across him "Did you say something-" "No! fuck off" Tom blurted, quickly getting out of his chair and rushing out of the kitchen, then popping his head back in "Thank you for breakfast, it was great" he rushed out the words before racing off into his room. Tord's brows knotted at the weirdness that just happened before looking across at the other's plate, finding it clean without a trace of food 'Well... at least he ate it all' Tord thought, smiling a little in relief.

2:10pm
Tom laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling with frowned brows, almost as if he was glaring right back at the universe.
The ten year-old ran off crying after seven year-old Tord had punched him across the face. Tord then turned back to where Tom laid crying in the dirt, blood pouring out his nose after having been hit by the older boy "Are you okay?" Tord asked the other boy whilst gently helping him sit up yet Tom stayed silent, face filling with tears "Don't worry, I'll protect you" Tord told him, giving Tom a much needed hug "Always and forever" Tord promised.
The half demon tightly closed his eyes.
"I don't want to lose you- I want to go everywhere with you, I need you alive and with me". Tom raised his head, looking back up at Tord "Promise me... that no matter what-" "Always and forever" Tord cut him off, hugging Tom and holding him close as Tom tightly held onto him "...I love you, Tord" Tom quietly told him, a relieved smile drawing across Tord's lips as he held the other a little tighter "Jeg elsker deg, Thomas".
And the moment his face heated up, he buried it into his pillow after harshly flipping onto his side to do so "My fucking god" Tom quietly screamed into the pillow before he heard a couple knocks at his bedroom door '...shit' that little voice in his head screamed as he slowly got off of his bed and stepped over to the door, hesitantly opening it and finding Tord standing on the other side. "Hey- sorry, just checking that everything's alright" the soldier smiled a little as Tom nodded his head "Yeah, I'm fine" he answered "Okay, I'll leave you to it then" Tord said, turning on his heel and about to start walking before Tom blurted out a "Wait". Tord froze mid-step, turning his head back to Tom who instantly turned his head away from the other "...always and forever....?" the half demon hesitantly spoke "Y-you said that you still love me... every time you said 'always and forever' in the past, that was your way of saying 'I love you', wasn't it?" Tom dared to ask. The question had indeed taken Tord back but he still answered honestly "Yes, it was" he confirmed "I... I still love you too" Tom quietly admitted and when he didn't hear anything from the other boy, Tom looked up at him in near fear and panic, only to have Tord caress his face and gently kiss him. That one simple kiss made Tom's eyes flutter shut and feel a million times lighter, all the weight melting off of his shoulders, feeling as though after all this time, he had finally found heaven. And the moment the other pulled away, Tom still felt light, and as he opened his eyes and met Tord's, he instantly smiled "I love you" Tord firmly stated through a smiled right before Tom tightly hugged him.