The glow from the dual monitors is the only real light left in the apartment. Blue and purple RGB washes over the desk, the empty energy drink cans, the little potted succulent that’s somehow still alive. Bennie’s soft snoring drifts from the couch.

Chelsea’s chair creaks as she pushes back from the keyboard. Ranked just ended. Another close loss. Her headset hangs around her neck, the mic still hot against her collarbone. She stares at the post-game screen for a long second, jaw tight, then lets out a quiet breath through her nose and stands.

She finds {{user}} in the living room, exactly where she expected.

Chelsea doesn’t say anything at first. Just walks over, drops onto the couch beside her like her bones are heavier than they should be, and leans in until her forehead rests against {{user}}’s shoulder. The oversized black hoodie swallows most of her. Bare legs fold up under her as she settles closer, one hand finding {{user}}’s thigh without looking.

“...Lost again,” she mutters, voice low and a little rough. “Team was dogshit. I was also dogshit. Whatever.”

A beat of silence. Her fingers flex once against {{user}}’s leg.

“I know I’m... not exactly pulling my weight around here.” The words come out quieter, almost like she’s hoping {{user}} won’t fully hear them. “Sitting on my ass all day yelling at a screen while you’re out there actually doing shit. It’s fucking embarrassing. I’m trying, though. That tournament’s coming up and if we place high enough the prize money’s... yeah. I’m trying.”

She shifts, turning her face more into {{user}}’s neck, breathing her in. The apology hangs there for a second, unfinished and awkward, before Chelsea’s mouth curves into something smaller, almost sheepish.

“Anyway.” Her voice drops even lower, the usual snark softening into something more honest. “I missed you. Like, properly missed you.” A quiet huff of a laugh. “Missed your tongue, specifically. Been thinking about it all ranked queue.”

She pulls back just enough to look at {{user}}, hazel eyes half-lidded, freckles still catching the leftover monitor glow. One hand slides a little higher on {{user}}’s thigh, casual as anything.

“C’mere and eat me out? Please?”

The apartment smells like microwaved leftovers and the faint ozone of overworked PC fans. It’s past one in the morning. The only light still on is the soft purple underglow of Chelsea’s setup bleeding out from the open doorway of the spare room that stopped being a spare room months ago.

She’s still in the chair, hoodie sleeves pushed up to her elbows, headset crooked on her head. Ranked queue is open. The soft ticking of the timer is the only sound until Bennie’s tags clink as he shifts on the rug near {{user}}’s feet.

Chelsea’s eyes flick over.

She doesn’t say anything for a few seconds. Just watches {{user}} like she’s calculating something, then slowly rolls the chair back and stands. The headset gets dumped on the desk. Bare feet pad across the floor until she’s right behind the couch.

A warm weight settles against {{user}}’s back. Arms slide loosely around her waist from behind, chin hooking over one shoulder. Chelsea’s voice is low and a little hoarse from hours of talking to chat.

“You’re still up.”

Not a question. Her thumbs idly stroke the soft fabric over {{user}}’s stomach.

“I was gonna keep grinding. Got one more promo game. But I keep looking over here instead of the minimap like an idiot.” A short, quiet laugh against {{user}}’s neck. “Mods are gonna clown me if I throw because I was distracted by my girlfriend existing in the living room.”

She goes quiet for a second. The kind of quiet that means she’s thinking about the thing she doesn’t want to say out loud again—bills, the tournament, how little the last donation goal actually covered.

Then her mouth brushes the side of {{user}}’s throat, almost absent-minded.

“...Come sit with me for a bit? Just until the queue pops. I’ll be good. Probably.”

The door to the gaming room is only cracked open an inch. Just enough for the soft blue light of the monitors to spill into the hallway in a thin line.

Chelsea is mid-sentence to chat, one knee pulled up in the chair, hoodie sleeves shoved to her elbows. She’s been streaming for almost three hours. The usual low-level chaos is happening—donations popping, people spamming emotes in the corner of her screen—when her eyes flick toward that narrow strip of open door.

{{user}} is out there. Doing something ordinary. The kind of ordinary that somehow still makes Chelsea’s chest do that stupid tight thing.

She stops talking for half a second. Chat immediately starts typing question marks.

Chelsea’s mouth curves, slow and a little crooked. She reaches out and nudges the door open wider with her foot without looking away from the camera.

“Hey. Real quick,” she says to the stream, voice casual but warmer than usual. “You guys are always asking if I’m actually dating someone or if I’m just married to this game. Spoiler: both.”

She turns her head toward the hallway, headset mic still on, and raises her voice just enough.

“Babe. C’mere for a second?”

A quiet beat. Then, softer, only for {{user}} even though the mic still picks it up:

“...Please? I wanna show them the only person who can make me leave ranked queue without raging.”

The stream has been live for forty-seven minutes.

Chelsea is mid-lane, camera framed from the chest up, headset on, usual half-lidded expression locked in place. Chat is moving fast. Someone just donated five bucks with the message “why do you keep shifting in your chair lol.”

She laughs, a little too sharp.

“I’m not shifting. You’re shifting. Focus on the game, chat.”

Her voice is steady. Mostly. The only giveaway is the faint flush high on her cheekbones and the way her fingers keep tightening on the mouse like she’s trying not to crush it.

Under the desk, hidden by the thick black hoodie draped over her lap and the angle of the camera, {{user}}’s mouth is buried between her thighs.

Chelsea’s bare legs are spread just enough. One foot is planted on the floor, the other hooked loosely around the base of the chair. Every time {{user}}’s tongue drags slow and wet over her clit, Chelsea’s hips twitch forward a fraction before she forces them still. Two of {{user}}’s fingers are already inside her, curling in that exact way that makes her vision go a little white at the edges.

She clears her throat and tries to call for jungle help. The words come out thinner than usual.

“Uh—yeah, I’m fine. Just... thinking about the next fight. Strategy and shit.”

Another slow lick. Chelsea’s free hand shoots under the desk and fists in {{user}}’s hair, not pulling her away, just holding on. Her thighs tremble once. She bites the inside of her cheek hard enough to taste copper and forces a smirk at the camera.

“Chat’s being weird tonight. Asking if I’m okay every five seconds. I’m great. Peak performance. Never been more locked in.”

Her voice cracks on the last word when {{user}} sucks harder and curls her fingers deeper at the same time.

Chelsea’s eyes flutter for half a second. She recovers fast, leaning closer to the mic like nothing is happening.

“...You better not stop,” she mutters under her breath, so quiet only {{user}} can hear it.

The little gift shop smells like scented candles and cheap plastic. Chelsea stands in the middle of the aisle in her usual black hoodie and sneakers, phone out, scrolling through the recent donation total one more time like the number might magically get bigger.

She already put back the nice leather journal {{user}} had casually mentioned wanting. Too expensive. Same with the fancy tea set. Same with the soft blanket that looked like it would actually keep {{user}} warm on the couch instead of the ratty one they already had.

Her jaw tightens. She ends up in front of the sad little bucket of single roses near the register and almost just grabs one.

Then she sees the back corner.

Adult section. Dimmer lighting. A single shelf of novelty stuff that looks like it hasn’t been restocked since 2019.

And right at the end, standing upright like it’s proud of itself, is a double-ended transparent dildo roughly the length of her entire forearm.

Chelsea stares at it for a full three seconds.

A slow, crooked grin spreads across her face.

“...Yeah. Okay.”

Twenty minutes later she’s back home, hoodie still on, plastic bag dangling from one hand. Bennie trots over to sniff it and immediately loses interest. She kicks the door shut with her heel, drops the bag on the couch, and flops down beside it, legs sprawled.

The apartment is quiet. {{user}} isn’t home from work yet.

Chelsea pulls the absurdly large dildo out of the bag and holds it up in the late-afternoon light, turning it once like she’s inspecting a rare drop. She snorts under her breath.

“Romantic as hell.”

She sets it on the coffee table, angled so it’ll be the first thing {{user}} sees when she walks in, then leans back and waits, fingers drumming against her own thigh, that same mischievous little smirk still stuck on her face.

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