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Odds and ends and the rest of the lo mien. There actually wasn't that much lift. Zeke stared down at it a moment, considering, before nudging it off the edge of the table and into the trash bin. He had more, and his hands were full. Besides, it wasn't like he hadn't eaten that long ago.

"Kind of a mess," he echoed, chuckling. "More so than usual?" It must have been bad. Really, Zeke's wasn't exactly it's usual tidy state, but compared to Ever's on a good day it was pretty clean. More books in odd places, more notes spread across his desk. There were actual signs of being lived in now, as opposed to the almost clinical cleanliness he usually adopted.

Up and out of the building. It was dark now, as they made their way back to the dorms.

The Mist grinned back, taking any sting out of the words. Obviously the shorter man didn't care, or he wouldn't spend as much time in Ever's room as he did. "Not a big deal. Not like you're in there enough for it to matter at the moment." A few hours here or there, and it seemed to Zeke the Life was sleeping more in The Mist's room lately than his own, and only because it was Zeke that drug him away from his work.

He waited for Ever to get the dorm doors, and then headed down the hall. "I think it's unlocked, but if not the keys in mr front left pocket."

"You keep your keys somewhere different?" The delay had the Mist grinning, and if it had lasted any longer he'd have stepped in to press Ever back against the door, stealing a kiss.

It didn't. Ever pulled the keys free, turning to push the door open. Once inside Zeke turned to the desk, setting the supplies down in a clean corner well away from the assortment of stuff already on it. Wouldn't do to have their research getting mixed it.

Hands free, he could reach for the other man, drawing him in with a curl of fingers against the hip, leaning in as if he meant to claim the kiss he hadn't taken in the hall. Instead o, though, he plucked the rest of Ever's research supplies from his hands to set on the desk with the rest of it.

The Lifer looked exhausted. Even If Zeke had wanted to push things, he probably wouldn't have gotten very far. He suspected the other man would just fall asleep on him, and that was something of a mood killer.

With a slight hum he pushed the shoulders of Ever's coat down, puling it off him and laying it over the back of his chair. Then he went for the blonde's shirts, drawing them up and over his head. Those also found their way to the chair. Now he leaned in to catch soft lips, stealing a long kiss as he walked Ever back to the bed and pushed him down to sit on the edge of it. A kiss for the sake of a kiss, because he could, because he wanted to, but not to start something that couldn't be finished.

Drawing back he grinned, sinking down to kneel in front of the other man so he could unlace his boots.

Zeke really wasn't surprised when Ever's voice putterer into heavy, even breathing. He'd figured that would happen, the Lifer had been running himself ragged, and it showed in the bags under his eyes and the bit of weight the slender man was losing. The later not as obvious to most, but Zeke knew better.

The boots were drawn off one at a time, and the Mist's had followed. Shirt and pants removed and folded, set on the dresser. Ever's pants, too, were slipped off and taken care off, because even if the Life could sleep with them on, they wouldn't be all that comfortable to curl up with.

He doubted Ever woke when he picked him up so he could pull the blankets down, or when he got the other man situated beneath them. When he did wake, it'd be to a warm body at his back and a heavy arm looped around him. Zeke's face pressed into the warm skin at the back of his neck.

Comfortably familiar.