1- Beginnings:
Mikey always knew that Ray was a keeper, even in the beginning. He seriously had thought romance was dead until he met him, and when he was met with those amazing text messages in the morning, the random new Star Wars shirts that Ray had delivered for him and of course, their amazing sex life, Mikey knew that it was only the beginning.
2-Teammates:
They liked to think that they were teammates in this whole relationship business. That meant they were both equal, playing alongside one another and of course, helping one another out. They were a team and that’s how they worked best.
3-Smell:
Ray’s hair always smelt amazing to Mikey. Ray always insisted on using this strange shampoo he had been using since he was about fifteen. It smells divine, especially when Mikey pulls the curls closer to his nose as Ray’s fucking him.
4-Shapes:
Mikey’s always convinced he can see things at night. He sees shapes and shadows moving around the bedroom and when he pulls on Ray’s hair and whimpers, his boyfriend pulls him closer and holds him tight until the shapes disappear from Mikey’s mind.
5-Fixed:
They have a tool box at the back of their closet that Ray uses when Mikey breaks something around the house, which is pretty often. He fixes it up and then finds Mikey to tackle him against the nearest piece of furniture to tease him for breaking yet more things.
6-Animals:
It only took them three weeks of living together before they had already bought a pet together. Their first was their hamster, Anakin.
7-Children:
Ray’s going first and jerking off in a clinic in to a pot has got to be the strangest thing he’s ever done, especially as they handed him an armful of porn magazines. Mikey stated in the waiting room, giggling as he watched his boyfriend wander in to the room, dazed and a little confused.
8-Earth:
Sometimes they feel that the only reason they were put on this earth was each other. Ray is sure that the entire reason he even exists is so that he would meet Mikey and raise a family together.
9-Insides:
The feeling of pushing yourself inside of the one you love is never going to get old for Ray. He never gets used to the feel of Mikey around him, squeezing him and making him feel the most amazing feelings he has ever felt before.
10-Food:
When Mikey can never find anything to eat at crappy service stations when they drive to visit his family, Ray makes it his own personal mission to find him something, even if that means giving Mikey his food when he watches Ray eat, as annoying as it may be he secretly loves watching Mikey eat.
11-Club:
Ray remembers when he first saw Mikey, dancing with his eyes closed in a dark club with a sticky floor. He had a drink in each hand, swaying those hips and looking completely gorgeous.
12-Need for quiet:
When work gets the better of them all week, there is a need for quiet on weekends. They have this rule where at least one day a week, they lock the door and stay in their PJ’s, eating until they are full enough to pop and finish their lazy day with lazy sex, of course.
13-New places:
They love finding new places to eat together. Ray is constantly on the look-out for new restaurants to take Mikey to, and gets strangely excited when he watches his boyfriend enjoying their new haunt.
14-Breakup:
They had tried to break up once before and it didn’t work. Mikey tried packing his bags but when realising that everything he had packed wasn’t his things but Ray’s, he glanced over to Ray who was stood by the door and started laughing, Ray following his actions before moving across the room to tackle Mikey to the bed where he vowed to keep him forever.
15-Afterglow:
Ray is sure that the most beautiful he’s ever seen his boyfriend look is right after sex. The way his skin is shining with sweat and his stomach pale with white lines of fluid streaked across the taunt skin. He looks completely gorgeous and Ray really can’t get enough.
16-Memories:
Mikey still has a box of memories from years ago, back when Ray started taking him to dinner and out to shows. He keeps a box of old receipts, concert tickets and anything from their dates. Ray thinks Mikey’s hidden it well enough for him not to see, but he found it alright and his heart swells every time he notices it at the back of their closet.
17-Fatherhood:
It was quite a challenge to decide just what each of them wanted to be called. They both seemed to want ‘Daddy’ and neither were going to compromise on ‘Papa’ so it was decided that their babies will forever confuse them when they call them by the same names.