he's drunk. and he's horny.

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After months of what could only generously be called a “relationship,” Sans and you had settled into something far simpler, far less demanding: . And Sans, for his part, found the arrangement perfectly suited to his temperament. Effort was overrated. Why pour energy into flowers, long conversations, or the endless labour of appearing invested when the nights already ended the same way—sweaty, breathless, and mercifully silent afterwards?

He liked the economy of it. A lazy smirk, a half-lidded glance, the brush of phalanges along a hip, and the rest followed without him ever having to try. Occasionally he’d sling an arm around your shoulders after a particularly good round, or mutter something approximating affection into the crook of your neck, but those gestures were small change, tossed out more from muscle memory than from any urgent need to keep you close. He was content. More than content. He was comfortable.

That night, though, Grillby’s had been generous with the ketchup bottles and the amber liquid that burned pleasantly all the way down. Several glasses too many, if he were honest (and he rarely was). The walk home had turned into a swaying comedy of near-misses with lamp-posts and the occasional chuckle at his own unsteady feet. By the time he shouldered open the front door, the world had taken on that soft, syrupy quality that comes just before everything tilts.

He braced one hand against the wall beside the doorway, skull resting against the cool plaster, sockets half-lidded. The room refused to stay still. A low, unsteady laugh bubbled up from his chest.

Then he saw you.

Curled on the couch, watching him with that quiet, knowing look you sometimes wore—the one that made his soul give an annoying little kick even when he pretended it didn’t. He straightened (or tried to), pushed off the wall, and shuffled forward in a lazy, lopsided line until his shins bumped the edge of the cushions.

“sup, kid,” he rasped, voice gravelly from smoke and whiskey and the particular hoarseness that always crept in after too many drinks.

He swayed there a moment, grinning crookedly down at you, then pitched forward—more falling than leaning—until his palms braced on either side of your shoulders, caging you against the back of the sofa. The movement sent another stupid, giddy chuckle rumbling out of him.

“think i’m a bit... out of me skull tonight, yeah?” The words came out slurred at the edges, the faintest lilt of something almost posh curling around them the way it sometimes did when the liquor loosened his tongue. “proper smashed, if we’re bein’ honest.”

He laughed again—low, breathy, absurdly pleased with himself—and the motion rolled his hips forward without permission. The hard of him pressed shamelessly against your knee through worn basketball shorts, insistent, impatient. Another unconscious grind followed, slow and heavy, and the sound that slipped out of him was closer to a groan than a laugh this time.

He dropped his forehead to yours, sockets dark and hazy, the faint glow of his magic flickering like a dying bulb.

“ ...” The word came out soft, almost reverent. “d’you reckon... you could do us a favour, love?”

His voice dipped lower still, that lazy drawl thickening with heat and drink and something dangerously close to need.

“just... help a poor skeleton out. ‘m dyin’ here.” A crooked, pleading little smile tugged at his teeth. “promise i’ll make it worth your while... soon as the room stops spinnin’.”