sectumsemphra:

omg marcus would definitely whisper ‘i love you’ when he thinks oliver has fallen asleep, he’s sappy like that. but also picture these:

• he would wrap his hand tight around oliver’s in crowded places because he doesn’t want to lose his boyfriend, who’s surprisingly, very capable of finding his own way home if they’re separated, thank you very much.
  
• no pda, he said?? but sometimes they happen to ride the tube ok, and marcus loves standing close to oliver when there’s no seat available. he rests his hand on the small of oliver’s back. and they’re so close that every time marcus talks, his breath would brush againsts oliver’s temple.
  
• “you fell asleep on the couch again. marcus, i said don’t wait up for me.” / “i didn’t wait up for you.”
  
• he did.
  
• marcus is also soft in other ways like.. he always polishes oliver’s broom when the man forgets?? and changes the pillows when oliver mentions that his neck hurts. and buys him his favourite snack on the way home from work. pfft. what would you do without me, wood.
  
• lazy night on the couch. oliver would get comfortable in marcus’s lap. and marcus would absentmindedly run his hand through oliver’s hair and sometimes he plants a kiss or two at the top of oliver’s head as he listens to the man rambling.
  
• arguments happen. sometimes as they walk home after a night out. oliver would focus on getting his point across. marcus? he would be too busy pulling on oliver’s jacket so his precious boyfriend won’t get himself hit by a truck, walk into a pole, tripped over a pebble or something.
• one night, oliver came home upset and he refused to tell marcus anything. so marcus carried the dog (a very grown german shepherd) to their bed and they cuddle. it took a few hours, but oliver smiled in the end and marcus said, “let’s not make this into a habit. she takes too much space.”
  
• but oliver couldn’t care less, because marcus keeps breaking his own rules for him and his hand was gentle, running up and down oliver’s back.
  

oliver;

• if marcus is the one who whispers ‘i love you’ in the dead of night, oliver is the one who whispers ‘stay with me’ in the morning as his fingers traces the freckles on marcus’s back.
• because he knows what’s running around marcus’s mind when he’s alone. that’s he’s unworthy of oliver’s love? that oliver should find someone better? what kind of bullshit is that right
• so oliver keeps whispering, when he’s sure marcus is still asleep. maybe if he repeats it enough, it will seep into marcus’s subconsciousness eventually.
• and then there are occasional breakfast in bed, unprompted legs massage, and short sweet messages that he hides around the flat and marcus’s work gears.
• the first time marcus found one in his jeans pocket, oliver came home to find him sitting on the floor bawling his eyes out.
• sleepy-eyed, hair in disarray from his nap, oliver likes hugging marcus from behind as the man cooks their dinner. then he would be peppering kisses to marcus’s neck just because he feels like it.
• there are times where marcus’s father contacts them out of the blue, which never fails to make him upset. or the times when something reminds him of his late mother. those are the times where oliver would let marcus hid his face to oliver’s chest for hours.