Perspective

Date/Timing: 11 January 2019, 10pm-ish
Setting: Egan-Riley quarters, The Shed; Vaucluse, NSW, Australia
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Lachlan's mobile makes a sound like a whip-crack.
Lachlan makes a sound like a moan his throat and Jason tangles his fingers deeper in Lachlan's hair and kisses him more thoroughly. 
""Urgent request from Cadet Vos,"" announces AGNIS. 
Jason presses a hand against Lachlan's chest. 
Lachlan whines. 
Jason hums. 
Lachlan drags himself away—
""Officer Riley—""
"Oh, fuck off!" 
Jason pants, "You'd better get that."
""I lack tangible form, Officer Riley, thus such—""
Lachlan stretches, yanks the stupid noisy thing from the bedside table. "I'm reading it, okay?" 
""Good for you, Officer Riley. Your conscience and Officer Egan will surely allow your exercises to continue after you reply."" 
Lachlan rolls his eyes, flops forward onto Jason—
He wheezes.
—and thumbs it on.
Jason knows better than to touch—doesn't want to be 'distracting'—so he pictures running his hands over Lachlan's chest. 
"Shut up, Egan," Lachlan growls. 
Jason would like to adjust his hips, but that falls under 'distracting' so instead he says, "I swear to god, I was only thinking about your front—upper front—fuck." 
"Flatterer," mutters Lachlan, smiling faintly, then he scowls. 
Jason thinks of ... rainbows—no, fuck, Ray's favourite cartoon. Puppies?
Lachlan huffs, taps his response, tosses the mobile on the floor, buries his face in Jason's neck.
"What was that about?" croaks Jason.
"Vos wants me to tire Flyboy out tomorrow."
Jason pats around Lachlan's back. "Sounds right up your alley." Finds his neck, caresses a vertebra with his thumb.
"He's supposed to be showing me the ropes, not treating me like a fuckin' tool," he grumps. "Why can't Psycho do it? /Or the Nerd?"
"Because the last time Scott and Logan squared off, they /both got held overnight in Medical and written up, and Jackson's gonna be useless on the mats until someone can get Nate down here to remind him other people exist?" 
Lachlan sniffs.
"An' Pietr can't do it himself because Logan's been hitting sloppy lately and needs a lesson?"
Lachlan props himself up, squinting through his hair. "How'd /you get so smart?"
Jason smooths it back. "By paying attention during workouts, instead of trying to set Pietr on fire with my brain." Kisses his nose. 
Lachlan looks away with a scowl. 
"Put things in perspective—" Jason tugs him close. 
Lachlan grudgingly lies back down, chin on his arms on Jason's chest, glowering through his bangs. 
Jason arranges his hair. "If /Victoria got built, we'd be Rangers and would live in splendid~ Lima worrying about Kaiju for weeks at a time. Instead—" Brushes away a lock. "—funding runs out, we move closer to home, meet Ray, get cushy jobs, and our biggest worry is whose room we're sleeping in."
Lachlan considers.
Jason cards his hair. 
Finally, Lachlan chuckles. "We get Ray and Vos gets a mind-meld with Chip."
"Yea," drawls Jason. "Think we come out ahead on this one."
Lachlan snorts.
"So, uh," Jason shifts his hips. "We—" Swallows. "We gonna finish what we started or not?"
"I dunno ...," wheedles Lachlan, "I should /probably save my energy for work tomorrow."
"Thought you had more stamina than that, Riley."
Lachlan pushes up onto his elbows, then braces himself over Jason with his arms. Smirks, "Guess I'll have to remind you how much I have, ay?"
Jason grins. "Guess you will."
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