Through the Screen novel Chapter 38

"do you think something went wrong with the bus? or-or i don't know, why is it taking—"

"abel, calm down baby they'll be here soon," noah pushed his arm around abel 's waist, pulling him closer to his side and abel only rested his head against noah's shoulder, letting out a small yawn in the process.

"you tired?" noah nudged him slightly and the younger man nodded lazily against his shoulder, attempting to nuzzle his face further into noah's neck as discretely as possible.

"why did we have to adopt a child, it's too much work," abel complained, reaching forth and grabbing noah's warm hand in between his cold one, sighing out of relief when the warmth spread out on his palm.

"you love it though, don't you?" noah nudged him with a little giggle, causing the brown haired boy to groan and nod hesitantly in agreement.

"why do i love him so much, it's not even fair," he slumped further into noah's side, looking around to see if any other people in their mid-forties were judging them. when he found no one looking, he placed a soft kiss against noah's cheek, locking their fingers and resting both their hands on his stomach, his thumb rubbing gentle circles on the back of noah's pale hand.

"and i can't even spend time with him now that he's back, i'm so busy, i've got a meeting to attend today and i have to pack—"

"you have to pack?" noah interrupted, his voice quiet and abel only looked up at him in slight confusion.

"tomorrow is my trip, i told you didn't i?" abel pondered out loud, and noah's lips formed an 'o' shape in realisation, nodding when he remembered.

"oh yeah, i'm gonna miss you," noah pouted slightly, causing abel to smile, a strange warmth pooling in his cheeks, dimples popping.

"ah, you're being so cute i really want to kiss you," it was noah's turn to blush now, as he turned his head and buried his nose in abel 's hair to hide his smile.

"shut up,"