Alex woke up hours later feeling his head heavier than usual. He stares at the ceiling of his bedroom feeling the emptiness inside his room and also his heart. His head turned to the empty bed besides him and remembers the time when he woke up seeking the certain blonde sleeping next to him. He finds it calming whenever he woke up he get to see Henry sleeping next to him. Their friendship had grown since Alex knew about Henry side of his family and reasons for his trigger. He felt relieved whenever he saw Henry safe and sound next to him.

He sighed staring at his dark room knowing it's late and reached his phone to see it's showed one in the morning. He fell asleep for few hours only but yet he felt like he slept more. His stomach growls at this point and he groaned before sitting up on his bed letting his feet drops on the ground. He yawned scratching the back of his neck before he start stripping himself from his clothes.

He didn't bother to cover himself considering he is alone in this room probably the whole dorm. Everyone is out for the holiday and few students who'd stay around probably out for a party or stayed in their own bedroom.

Alex took off his shirt and pants tossing it on the bed before he took off his brief leaving himself standing in the middle of the room - naked. He put his EarPods on, scrolling through his phone for his playlist before he decides for his songs. The music blasted through his ears as he tossed his clothes inside the empty hamper that he had not realizing the door rattle with someone slotting the key inside the slot.

He turned only to find Henry stood with the door open wide and he was equally shocked to see Alex stood in the middle of their dorm room- naked. They both were beyond surprised at this point to find each other and Henry finally screamed covering his eyes seeing Alex naked while Alex screamed tried to cover himself with his pillow by his side.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" They both yells simultaneously at each other.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Alex repeats and Henry was covering his both eyes with his palm by now.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Alex screamed struggling to cover himself with the pillow he grabbed pressing on his lower abdomen.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?! You were supposed to be in Austin!" Henry yelled but Alex yelled back at him. "YOU were supposed to be in London!" Henry slammed the door shut not believing that Alex is here right now and he was so sure that he would come back to his empty dorm especially this late.

"Plans changed." Henry says before he tossed Alex his towel from the cabinet with his palm still over his eyes and Alex hurriedly cover himself. Henry stood lowering his palm when Alex finally cover himself and later had his hand over his waist not knowing what he should say right now since Alex literally just left two days ago. "Well, my plans changed too." Alex says tossing his EarPods back into the case and saw Henry still standing by the door with his hand now crossed over his chest.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Alex asks softly after they'd both calm down from their shock and Henry sighed putting his chin up dragging his eyes from Alex.

He shrugs his shoulder not wanting to say further before taking his seat on his bed while Alex sat in his. They both sat across from each other in silenced while Alex stares at Henry letting his gaze down on the floor before him. "Hen tell me what happened? You were so excited to go home." Alex asks and he can see Henry eyes starts to waters before he chin up again. He always does this when he tried to look brave in front of everyone but Alex knew better.

"My brother told me that if I come home, it would be just me and my mum. He will be spending his Thanksgiving in Spain with his girlfriend. I don't want to go back and be alone. Especially not with my mum and her new boyfriend. I rather be alone here." Henry voice choked and Alex can see how hard he tried not to cry.

"What's your excuse?" He asks trying to divert the attention from himself and now Alex's turned to silence. He inhaled sharply before he exhaled and Henry waited for Alex to finally tell him. "My mum just announced that she's getting married." Alex starts and he can see how fast Henry turned his gaze towards him. He knows Henry would understand him better than anyone else seeing how his mum is practically struggling with the lost of her husband.

"And you left? I thought you're gonna give him a chance." He asks remembering their last time they had their conversation by the lake. "Not until my dad showed up and ruined everything. There are literally broken plates and glasses when these two dine together." Henry stares at Alex leaned his back against his side of the wall with his legs crossed still in his towel. He is staring down at his fingers with his eyes are now reddened holding on to his tears

"I'm so sorry Alex." He whispered and Alex swallowed his throat dryly nodding at Henry. "I'm sorry for you too. I know how much you wanted to spend the Thanksgiving with your family." Henry sighs longly staring at Alex's naked upper body still covering himself only in a towel.

"Why were you naked?" He asks and Alex scoffed scratching his temple, "How would I supposed to know that you are here. Thought I was all alone." He defends and Henry furrowed his eyebrow. "God you American have no manners." Henry adds and Alex cocked his head to the side.

"Like you never stood naked in your bedroom before." He states and Henry scrunched his nose at him, "No! Why would I do that?" He says and Alex smiles wider. "You're saying that you never stood naked in your room before?" He slides forward making Henry slides back bending his knees before him. Alex smirked at his gesture knowing how shy Henry is around him, especially when he shook his head like a kid denying his lies.

"You're telling me that you'd NEVER - EVER stood naked in this room when I'm not here?" Alex slides closer kneeling on Henry's bed caging his bended legs with his long arms. Henry eyed him with his innocence eyes and his luscious thick lips falls apart at Alex attempt to tease him.

 "I- I-..." Henry stutters feeling the hotness from Alex's body radiates in front of him and he is perfectly aware of Alex naked body wrapped around in that medium size towel kneeling on his bed sending heat radiating towards his lower abdomen.

"Don't - lie." He whispered closer and Henry could almost feel his hot breaths fanning over his face as their lips are barely inches from each other. Henry eyes grew wider at Alex's deep brown eyes when he let Alex's hand cupped Henry's cheek trailing his thumb over Henry's lower lips. He parted his mouth apart at his touch and he can feel his heart beats faster than usual at Alex's touch. But it wasn't the uneasiness feeling that he usually had before his panic attack, it was riveting, playful and also daring.

"Oh well. You guys are well known for the gentleman manners so I believe you." Alex suddenly said letting himself off from Henry's bed leaving him in question for his sudden gesture. "What?" Henry asks and he can see Alex is smirking at his confusion. "I need to shower. Are you gonna be awake when I got back?" He asks as he grabbed the door open. "Why?" Henry asks clueless.

"Because I'm hungry and I don't want to eat alone." Alex says as he opened the door and stares at Henry still in bed, "And maybe for you to tell me where were you this late?" He saw Henry shot him a surprised look seeing it's already half past two when he arrives to their room. Henry didn't reply but he saw Alex smiles closing the door behind him and headed for the shower.

Henry didn't think much of Alex attempt to tease him earlier since he loves teasing him that much but the way he whispered at Henry's face still sending shocks all over his body.

Little did Alex knew that Henry was out all by himself around the city and ended up walking around till he lost track of time. Only when he felt coldness and tired before he finally decides to go back to his dorm and definitely not expecting Alex was here all along.

He tried to stay awake for Alex but he was beyond exhausted at this point and as he leaned his body against his bedrest, his eyes began to drift and soon sleep welcomed him before Alex could returned into their room.

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Alex smiles alone in his shower feeling his cock throbbing for Henry especially when he still remembers how it felt running his thumb over Henry luscious lips. His skin are soft and his lips are plump like a ripe fruit between his skin. He couldn't get his mind off Henry's lusted eyes burning holes into his gaze as he stares at those deep shade of hazel before him.

He didn't even realized when he was actually jerking off to the memory of Henry minutes ago before he decides he really needs this late night shower. He didn't even deny the fact that he moaned Henry's name with his eyes closed and his hand gripped at his cock grew faster and harder. He imagined that the hand wrapped around his cock right now was not as calloused as his but rather the softest, slightly smaller and pallor than his.

"Fuck, Hen." He moaned letting himself cums at the imagination of Henry's eyes staring at him while pleasured himself and he can't help himself from smiling happily in between those walls around him. He finished his shower feeling proud of himself and headed back to his room with a big smile on his face knowing he won't spend this two weeks alone. Henry is here and Henry is with him.

As soon as he enters the room, he can't help feeling slightly disappointed but also find it cute to see Henry lay on the bed with his head rested against his bedrest but already falling asleep. He smiles wider at Henry falling asleep with his arm crossed and soft snores came from him.

Alex sighed after putting his boxers and simple plain shirt before he stood by Henry side of the bed and slowly pulls him down by his ankles to let him laid fully on bed and Henry stirs turning to his side, Alex thought he might wake up but his snores continued and Alex couldn't help but kept staring at him turning on his side and unknowingly raised his fingers brushing over Henry's hair over his temple. "Goodnight sweet Prince." He whispered taking his seat on his own bed before scrolling through his phone to order some food.

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It was probably around four in the morning and Alex still couldn't sleep since he had slept earlier, when he saw Henry twitched next to his bed. He barely sees it but he was sure Henry jerked in his sleep. The room is dark but not dark enough since he had his table lights on and his laptop is open with his headphones on for his movies. There's pizza box by his legs half eaten when he noticed Henry jerked again.

He paused the movie and pulled off his headphones trying to see whether Henry jerked again but after a while, he was silenced and as Alex was about to put back his headphones, he could hear him mumbles. "Dad." It broke Alex's heart knowing how Henry's father's death had great impact on his life. He couldn't move on, he couldn't live peacefully without having nightmares about him.

Henry jerked, turning his head side to side mumbling words over and over making Alex worried. "Dad, please. Please." It was repeated continuously as Alex heard and he was already by Henry side of the bed trying to wake him up but failed. "Please don't leave us." Henry mumbles again and Alex sighed kneeling on the side of Henry's bed stroking his soft blonde hair.

It's the first time he sees Henry having nightmare and it was quite new to him too since he never had to console someone from having a nightmare and living with Henry had made him experienced stuffs he never had to do before.

"Hen, wake up. Wake up." He whispered stroking Henry's hand over his chest but Henry grabbed his tighter in his like he was afraid of letting go. "No. No. Don't please." Henry mutters again and Alex can see sweats beads over Henry's forehead and his neck. It soaked his collar even though their room temperature is barely eighty Fahrenheit.

"Henry wake up." He says a little louder tapping his cheek to wake him but Henry won't budge and his hands shakes in Alex's grip.

"HENRY!" Alex yelled at his face and Henry eyes open wide at his loud voice and immediately sat up panting in his own breaths before he turned to see Alex sat by his side on his bed. "What- what-" he mumbles but Alex calms him down by stroking his arm up and down and he worried if Henry didn't calm down, he might have another panic attacks.

"Breathe, Hen. Breathe." He says in front of his face and Henry gasped trying to find his breath. Alex can see how hard he tried to calm his breath down with tears running down his face. "My dad..." He asks and Alex face dropped at his words. He didn't say anything else but pulled Henry towards his chest and hugged him.

Henry gripped him tight letting his cheek rested on his shoulder as he pants his breath feeling the beats slower in minutes.

"Shh, shh, It's okay, it's just a dream okay." Alex says after he pulls back stroking Henry's wet hair back and Henry nodded at him. His lips are pale and Alex bet his mouth is dry right now before he grabbed the water bottle by Henry side of table and handed to him. His hand shakes attempting to open the bottle so Alex helped him instead. He guided the rim over Henry's thick lips before he gulped down in a rush.

"What time is it?" He asks and Alex grabbed the phone by his bed and saw the numbers on the screen. "Four fifteen." He says and Henry gulped his throat sniffing in his tears. "What? Something wrong?" He asks and Henry shook his head before he slides down on his bed turning on his side and rested his head on his pillow. He pressed his knees closer to his chest in a fetal position hoping he would ease the feeling he had in the pit of his stomach.

"Hen what is it?" He asks seeing Henry had curled up like in a cocoon staring into the space besides him. Henry exhaled heavily before wiping his tears away. "When my dad died, I was in boarding school. It was four in the morning when I got the call." He says with broken voice and Alex felt his heart shattered hearing his words. No children ever wanted to outlive their parents and Henry had to live his life with that kind of trauma in him.

"Scoot over." He says earning Henry a confused look. "What?" He asks and Alex pulled his blanket over and laid on the bed that almost covers enough spaces for their bodies together. Henry gave way so Alex can lay beside him but he didn't expect Alex to cover his arm around him and decides to cuddle up with him.

"What are you doing?" He asks and Alex sighed pushing Henry's head closer to his neck and later wrapped his arms around Henry's body. "Comforting you of course." Alex whispered and he can feel Henry's body tense under his embrace but soon he sighed and finally relaxed and by the time Alex knew it, the soft snores came back and Henry is finally falls back to sleep again.