8 Sleep over

Ed was about to leave but when an obviously pregnant woman answered the door and both her and Alex didn't seem all that happy about seeing each other, he started to get a really bad feeling this hole situation.

So he instead decided to wait for at least a little while longer

He rolled done the car window and started to observe them while smoking one cigarette after the other.

When, who he assumed to be Alex father, finally showed up at the door Ed's bad feeling got even worse.

The guy seemed to argue with Alex for a moment and then instead of letting his child into the house closed the door on him, leaving the boy standing there all by himself in the cold autumn night.

Ed was telling himself over and over again that this was none of his business and that he just should go home and try to forget about it with the help of a few drinks but instead his body just wouldn't listen to him.

He got out of the car and walked towards Alex, who was now sitting on the curb with his legs pulled up to his chest and the forehead resting on the knees and his eyes filled with tears, infront of the place he had called home.

"Come let's go home." Ed said and held out his hand towards Alex.

He looked up to the big guy in awe. He had expected him to leave right after dropping him off but no Ed had actually stayed yo make sure everything went well and now he was even offering to bring him back.

Sure most people would have done the same but Ed was not most people. Alex knew for the grumpy bear to do something like this was quite out of character and made him even hopefull about that the man maybe had at least some sort of feelings for him.

He quickly whipped away the tear from his cheeks with his sleeve and then grabbed Ed's hand, letting himself get pulled up to his feet.

Alex hesitated for a moment about letting go of Ed's hand, not knowing if it would bother Ed or not.

But when the big guy just pulled on his hand and started pulling him along back to the car, Alex was somewhat relieved that he didn't had to.

To Alex astonishment Ed even opened the passenger door for him and helped him in.

He looked at the big guy while trying to figure out what was going on. This kind of friendliness and almost carring behavior was just so unlike Ed and Alex didn't know if he should be happy about being treated like this or concerned about the guys own mental state at that moment.

Because even if Ed was being so nice to him, the guy still seemed somewhat hung up in his own thoughts and from the look on his face it didn't seem to be something pleasant.

"Are you okay?" Alex asked when they drove off, while glancing out the window towards the place he had only an hour ago still considered his home but now he didn't even felt like ever going back there.

After a moment of consideration Ed truthfully answered.

"Kinda. What about you?"

"I feel like shit." Alex replied with an exhausted sigh and sank back into his seat.

Feeling the need to voice his thoughts he started to talk, knowing full well that Ed would not ask on his own accord.

"I just don't get it why didn't she just tell me?! I would have never said those things if I had known what was really going on, you know! I mean fuck! Why did he even do this?!"

Ed figured that the kid probably needed to let of some steam, so he decided to just nod and occasionally grunt in agreement while Alex ranted on and on about his parents shitty behavior.

Apparently the reason why they had separated wasn't because of marriage problems but instead because his father had managed to get his affair pregnant and had decided to start all over again with a new woman and child.

In turn kicking Alex and his mom out and leaving them fend for them self without any help what so ever.

Hearing all this Ed's hands tightened around the steering wheel and he mentally made a note to, if he ever came face to face with the bastard, to punch him in the face at least a few times.

When they finally parked in front of the concrete building complex Alex had stopped rambling. He just was to tired from all that had happened to even complain any more. All he wanted was a good rest and to stop thinking about how his dad had basically thrown everything overboard just for this stupid slut.

He begrudgingly followed Ed back into the gloomy, dirty gray building that had now become his only option for a home.

When they entered the stinking metal box of doom, called elevator Alex leaned against the wall while Ed pressed the button.

Neither of them spoke but when they had almost reached the nines floor Alex finally had mustered up enough courage to ask Ed if he could stay at his place for the night.

"What about your mom?" Ed retorted while somehow feeling a little bit happy because of the boys request. Maybe it was because he deep down he actually wanted to help the kid or maybe it was because even though he would never admit it he was somewhat lonely.

"She is at work. Probably won't be home till morning. Also it's friday so I got no school tomorrow." Alex explained, hoping that this maybe could convince the older guy.

And it seemingly did because Ed sighed and then nodded.

"Fine. You can sleep on the couch." He said and got out of the elevator.

When they entered the apartment and Ed had closed the door.

Alex found himself pleading with Ed's

"But...I...can't I sleep in your bed? I don't really want to be alone right now."

Hearing the boys soft voice made Ed's heart melt a little bit. He just sounded so vulnerable and upset, what considering what had happened today wasn't really a surprise.

He sigh, finding it impossible to deny him such a simple request.

"Fine but you stay on your side of the bed. No cuddling or anything like that!" He grumbled and took off his shoes and jacket.

Alex face emidietley lightened up and with a wide grin he walked off towards the bedroom.

Ed on the other hand went to the bathroom to brush his teeth and change into his gray jogging pants and an old washed out tshirt that he usually wore when going to bed.

After he was done with his nightly routine he grabbed a few pillow and a blanket from the couch and then went to the bedroom too.

He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw that Alex had taken of his hoodie and was about to open his pants.

"What the hell are you doing!" He yelled and throw the stuff he was carrying on the bed.

Alex looked at him confused. "Uhm taking off my clothes?

I can't really sleep in my jeans and hoodie, right?"

"Well..." Ed stuttered while trying to come up with a reason that wouldn't make him sound like a perverted creep.

Alex sight, feeling annoyed by Ed's awkward behavior. "Look don't worry I'm wearing boxers underneath." He explained and quickly took off his skinny jeans, revealing a pair of dark red boxers.

It definitely wasn't as revealing as Ed had thought but he still couldn't get himself to take his eyes off of him. His gaze unintentionally wandered upwards to the boys pail chest.

Alex noticed that Ed was staring at him, making him feeling very self conscious.

He knew he wasn't much to look at to begin with but ever since all this stress from his parents separation his looks had gotten even worse. Before he would have considered his figure as slender but now it was more on the unhealthy skinny side. Plus those scratch marks and stupit rashes caused by his worsening neurodermatitis made his looks completely plummet.

He had lowered his gaze to the floor, not wanting to see what Ed was thinking but a few minutes passed and the guy still hadn't said anything or even moved an inch Alex shyly looked back up.

He was pleasantly surprised to see that Ed was neither disgusted by how he looked nor did he seem to pity him in any way but instead his gaze was lustful.

Ed licked his lips, hadn't felt anything like this in a long time.

He grabbed his gonads and tried to adjust his growing boner into a more comfortable place.

He couldn't exactly explain why but for some reason his mind just drifted off into very lude territory when saw Alex like this.

His eyes wandered back down again and he imagined taking those god damn boxers off, grabbing Alex around his slender hips and throwing him onto the bed and then....

Ed's thoughts emidietley came to a hold when he noticed Alex cheeky grin, making him realize that he had been caught red handed.

He quickly turned away and walked towards his wardrobe, to get some old tshirt for Alex to wear, hoping that a little bit more clothes would help him to get his mind out off the gutter.

"Here at least wear this. I can't sleep next to you while you are half naked." He explained and held out the shirt towards the boy.

Alex hesitated for a moment but then begrudgingly put it on

"Why?" He asked Ed know now full well that the guy did find him attractive, at least in some way.

"Because I'm a grown man and it would be very inappropriate for me to sleep next to a half naked child." He exclaimed, on one hand hoping the kid would just agree and on the other hand because he felt like he needed to remind himself of it so he wouldn't end up doing something stupid.

But Ed wasn't lucky because just a moment later Alex angrily hissed back

"For fucks sake I'm not a child! I'm almost seventeen!"

"Still you are not an adult. So it still would be very wired. People could get the wrong idea if they hear about this." Ed again tried to convince Alex.

"Oh please the age of consent in germany is fourteen so there is no legal reason why you have to be so awkward about this! We could even fuck and nobody could do anything about it!" Alex pointed out, partly because he was getting really frustrated with Ed but also because he felt the need to remind the guy that if something were to happen it wouldn't be so bad.

"Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right." Ed simply stated and got into his side of the bed with his back turned towards the kid.

Alex tried to argue with him some more but Ed just ignored him, not wanting to dive deeper into the topic of the morality and legality of hypothetical sex with a seventeen year old.

Noticing that the older guy had already closed his eyes and was probably already asleep, Alex just dropped the topic for now and instead got into the other side of the bed.

It didn't take long before he also drifted off into sleep but right before he was completely gone he felt Ed turning around in his sleep and pulling him into an strong, comforting embrace.