- Sterling awoke to a tiny hand, gently shoving him back and forth. "Wha-?" He murmured sleepily, cracking open his crusty eyes. The sight before him was one that he was met with almost every day; Lucas standing before him with an impish smile.
"Breakfast!" The Faerie responded cheerfully, detaching the thumb that had been in his mouth.
"Aren't you a little old to be sucking your thumb?" Sterling teased gently, tumbling from his bunk-bed. While he waited for a reply, he pulled a t-shirt from the mess of his room, and tugged it over his bare chest. The guardians would likely disapprove if he came down without one, after all.
"No!" Lucas responded crossily, before tugging on Sterling's cloth-clad leg.
"What's wrong?" The elder teenager asked, peering down at his younger roommate.
The faerie grinned toothily, before demanding; "P-piggyback ride!" Shaking his head slightly, Sterling knelt down, smiling gently. Taking this as a yes, Lucas jumped on the elder boy's back, grappling for purchase by tugging his hair.
"Ouch, not so hard!" Sterling cried out, as Lucas's small fingers sent a sharp stab of pain through his head. Once the child was comfortable, the two tromped downstairs, reading to eat.
[ I'll post for Nathan later ]


















