It was late, past midnight, when the five guys of *NSync walked into their hotel, Chris staggering into Joey occasionally, Justin rubbing his eyes, trying to stay awake, and Lance on JC's back, dead asleep. Their choreographer had kept them way later than scheduled to practice their dance steps for the continuing tour. All of them were beat.
"G'night," Justin mumbled as he went into his room. Joey and Chris just made unintelligible noises before their doors shut. JC tried to maneuver around Lance's legs as he reached into his pocket to get their room key, careful not to drop his lover. JC opened the room and closed the door behind him with his foot. He flicked the light on with his elbow and walked over to the nearest bed, gently laying Lance down on it. He smiled when Lance stirred and curled into a ball, still asleep.
JC went into the bathroom and grabbed his toothbrush, smiling as he looked as his and Lance's things, all mixed up together. He brushed his teeth and went to the bathroom before going back out, looking at Lance's new position with a loving smile. JC loved to watch Lance sleep, it was one of his favorite things to do. Lance's forehead would crinkle up just slightly, and he would sigh softly every so often, and there was always a tiny smile playing upon his lips. JC knew he'd be able to watch Lance sleep for hours if he could.
He got out of his clothes, discarding them on the floor, and looking at the floor, seeing it would be hard for anyone who didn't know them to determine which clothes were Lance's and which clothes were JC's. That made JC smile as well.
JC crawled into bed and when he put his arms around Lance, that's when he realized that Lance was still in his clothes. JC sat up and lifted Lance up by his shoulders, taking off Lance's jacket. Lance's head fell on JC's shoulder and nuzzled deep into the crook of his neck, out of habit. JC smiled and moved his hands under Lance's shirt, pulling it up and trying to get his arms through the sleeves. After trying for a moment or two, he succeeded and laid Lance back down on the bed, moving to his lover's shoes, untying them and throwing them off behind him. He pulled Lance's socks off and moved up to his jeans, undoing the button and zipper, and then moving to the legs and pulling down. The pants were almost off when they got too bunched up, and JC had to pull really hard. They came loose suddenly and JC fell off the bed with the pants in his hands. He looked up to make sure Lance was still asleep. He was, JC was glad he hadn't woken him up.
JC pulled back the covers, maneuvering them out from under Lance, and getting into bed, covering them both up. He wrapped his arms around Lance and gently kissed his forehead. Soon after, he drifted off to sleep.
Lance smiled and said, "Thanks Josh," before going to sleep for real.
*
