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The grunts and groans filled the bathroom as their bodies rubbed against each other, a bag knocked to the ground in their movements, it’s contents all but forgotten. Their fingers tangled and untangled as they moved, their faces close enough that they could feel each other’s breaths.
“God…” One of the men groaned as they continued their little finger dance, the digits moving between their faces like they had practiced the steps.
However, just as they were about to complete their ‘routine’, the other man stumbled a little and felt his lips brush against the others’ briefly…
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Let’s go back to earlier today…
“No fucking way Brandon, I’m not going to get roped into another one of your stupid ideas for an recap.” Adam huffed and took a bite of his lunch as he glared at Brandon, who was currently sitting across from him on one of the kitchen tables, trying to talk the man into being apart of the RT recap for the week coming up.
“But Adaaamm…” Brandon whined, “It’s not even my idea, it came from Joel!”
“This is Joel’s idea?” While he didn't lose his composure, his eyes widened a little, considering Joel never graced them with one of his ridiculous- but at the same time effective- ideas unless it was for Red vs. Blue.
“Please? I’m telling you, I can’t do this one without you. You play a crucial part in it!” Brandon continued to plead.
“Then I’m definitely not doing it!” came his swift reply.
A small chuckle was heard from behind Adam, and both men turned to the noise to see that Joel had walked in, a devilish grin on his face. “You know Adam, maybe you should hear the whole idea before you say no… did I mention Jack is also in this recap, and he’s perfectly fine with the plan?”
Adam blushed and continued to watch as Joel sat down beside him, who was giving him a knowing look. Fucker, he knows I would do anything if it involves Jack… why did I even tell him about my crush on the guy in the first place? he thought as he sighed in defeat. “Fine, what is this plan of yours anyways?”
As if it could get any bigger, Joel’s grin widened, before Brandon cheered “Yes! I’m so glad you agreed, Adam! Now, this is what Joel’s plan is…”
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“Annnnd cut! Good job Geoff, you can go back to doing whatever the fuck you were doing before!” Brandon said as he patted Geoff’s back.
“Yeah, yeah, thanks a lot asshole. Just hope you got the good side of my mustache!” Geoff laughed as he walked back to the Achievement Hunter office. Adam chuckled at the trade, before going back to getting himself ready for his big scene with Jack. They were the last scene of the recap, and honestly? He was nervous; he was going to be inches away from the mans face, if what was written on the short script was anything to go by.
‘Proper Grooming Procedures’, that was the name of this weeks RT recap. It was planned to be longer than normal, and only involved a few people in the office. Michael was the “host” of the recap, going around asking the guys “Just how do you take care of your…”, saying he would need it when he decided to grow some hair on his face, which was a joke itself. Adam had to laugh at it, because Michael would never grow hair on his face for years to come, if ever. Gus was asked about his ‘marvelous’ (as Michael called them) eyebrows; Geoff was asked about his mustache (which ended up taking a bit longer, considering the man wanted to talk about all the different creams he had for his ‘stache); and Ryan and Burnie were asked about their shorter beards. Barbara had decided to sneak into the scene and fixed her hair to look like she had a beard of her own, earning a laugh from both men in front of the camera.
But now it was their turn, and the plan was for Adam to do his ‘go watch these videos’ part, before Jack comes in and they begin their ‘do’s and don'ts of beards’ scene. It was going well, and Adam was glad he didn't have to redo his part for the sixth time. But he tensed as Jack joined him in front of the camera, his smile reaching the sun, hazel eye’s staring at him for only a moment before looking at the camera, reciting the first lines of the scene, and that goddamn beautiful, golden beard of his… Adam did all he could to not pop a boner right there as Jack shuffled that much closer to him, Jack’s arm brushing against his. He was broken out of his thoughts when Jack turned his head to him with a look of concern on his face. “Adam? You alright?”
He blinked before finally replying with an apologetic look, “Oh, yeah I’m fine, sorry guys, can we do that again?”
They both knew what was coming, but it still left him shocked that ‘yes, this was actually happening, and that if he and Jack were any closer, they would look like they were making out.’ But here they were, inches apart, with Kara fixing up their beards for the final part of the video; one last ‘video to watch’ before their final ‘don’t ever do this with your beard’, the don’t being get it tangled with another beard. They wanted it to look ‘authentic’, as Joel claimed, but Adam knew right away this was his ‘helping you ask the guy out already!’ plan, and he internally cursed at his friend as Kara expertly tangled the beards until it looked like the beards were just one beard attached to two big dudes. He had to give props to Kara, she knew what she was doing.
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Both men sighed in relief as they completed the fifteenth redo of their scene. They kept tripping into each other, not use to having their beards caught in another, and the occasional slip up on a line.
“Alright guys, that is a wrap! Jack, Adam, really good job.” Brandon said as he patted the two men still joined at the beards. “Do you think you can get the beards untangled by yourselves? I’d ask Kara to help, but she had to go home after the eighth retake.”
We shared a look before Jack smiled back at Brandon, “Yeah I’m sure we can manage to get it undone, and hopefully soon, it’s starting to hurt.”
“It’s only starting to hurt for you now!?” Adam squeaked in surprise, “God, it was hurting for me six tries ago!” They both laughed, and Adam returned to gazing at the man’s smile, if only for a little while, enjoying the little time he had left before they separated, probably never to be that close again.
Chuckling, Jack tilted his head only slightly to motion towards their beards, “So, shall we get this started?”
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Which brings us back to the current situation, in the bathroom outside the building, their beards almost free, Jack’s lips brushed against his, both faces bright red. Not that he minded, he ended up getting a kiss from the man he had a crush on (even if it was a short kiss). But the speed of which Jack pulled back, apologizing as he did, showed how accidental it was.
They had to continue their dance though, their bodies still rubbing against each other as they struggled to get their beards untangled, fingers dancing around each other again to reach the hairs, their faces still close enough to feel each other’s breaths, but Adam was already hurt. Of course he doesn't like me. I mean, why would he, what do I have compared to him, my beard? He already has one that’s just as big, and red and just… so beautiful. I’m sure he thinks mine is nothing compared to his… His thoughts continued to run when at long last the beards were separated.
“Yes! We finally got them free!” Jack cheered as he went to pick up the bag that carried the beard comb he had brought, and Adam watched dolefully as the flush on Jack’s face slowly paled to a normal color. He’s probably trying to forget the kiss already… god dammit. Adam knew the thought’s of the kiss wouldn't leave him alone, but he was embarrassed as he felt like a high school-er after they confessed their love for the most popular boy in the school. And to him, that man was Jack.
“Yeah, great…” came his weak reply, as he began to shift closer to the door, away from Jack. He knew the man didn't love him like he loved Jack, and was trying to leave before Jack realizes it.
Jack noticed his movements, and landed his hand on top of the man’s shoulder, the look of concern from earlier returning to his face. “Adam, are you doing alright?” He’s probably just holding back his disgust of being kissed by me… yeah that’s it. He would never want someone like me. “You've been out of it all afternoon.”
Adam shrugged the hand meant to comfort him off, shaking his head as he came up with a good excuse to leave as fast as possible without raising suspicion. “I think I’m just tired, been a busy day today you know?” He probably wont care anyways. “Anyways, I think I’m just gonna head home now, so uh… have a good night Jack, and good work today.” He quickly added as he began to back out of the room.
Jack lifted the beard comb he had picked up, a slight frown on his face, “Don’t you want to at least fix your beard? I mean, it is pretty messed up right now.”
He’s just saying that because he thinks my beard looks ugly. And it probably is, especially when compared to his… The thoughts in his head just wouldn’t leave him. “No, no I’m good, I’ll just fix it up before I come to work, thanks though.” He replied, faking a smile as he turned and left the small building. Right as he turned from the doorway, he bumped into Joel.
“Oh, hey Adam, your beard seems to be a little messy. You, uh, do anything in there?” Joel smirked as he nudged his arm into his side, the other pointing to the building he just left. Adam ignored him as he walked faster to the studio, grabbed his stuff from his office, and made his way to his car, all in the span of 5 minutes, leaving a concerned Jack, and a confused Joel.
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“Adam…” came Jack’s moan, as their lips parted once more. Adam’s half lidded eyes met his, as he began to kiss down the mans body, eventually stopping to lightly breath on the man’s hardened member, eliciting a whimper from above him. He licked his lips before parting them to take the length of Jack in his mouth, bobbing his head in a rhythm long since mastered. He felt a pair of hands gently grab hold of his hair, and moaned in approval, the vibrations making Jack release a particularly loud moan as he thrust his hips upwards. As Jack moved back, Adam’s tongue teased the slit at the tip. Jack picked up speed, grunts and moans coming from both men, before Jack shouted out Adam’s name, releasing his load into the man’s mouth.
He cleaned the man up, and cuddled under the blankets of their bed, before Jack gave a big kiss to Adam’s lips, “I love you, Adam.”
Adam stared at the man before returning the kiss, “I lov-”
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He woke up to an alarm blaring on his bedside table. He groaned, and a few failed attempts later, smacked the thing to turn it off. He sighed before getting out of the bed to get ready for work, where his non-lover (and not even interested in Adam) Jack would be.
“Mother fucking alarm…”