Brian was hot. Brian was extremely hot. The kind of hot that made your underarms damp and your cheeks flushed and nasty sweat drip from your brows. It was for this reason why he couldn't fathom why Freddie, in the midst of a heat wave, could even consider having sex.
"I said no, Bulsara," Brian snapped. Freddie's face formed into a disappointed pout and Brian had to turn his head away.
"It's too bloody hot."
"Not nearly hot enough, I don't think," Freddie murmured, and stood from the couch and turned away.
"Where are you going?" Brian asked. He brought his book down to his chest and quirked a brow at Freddie's retreating back.
"Shower," Freddie said, simply.
Brian nodded and lifted his book back up. He'd already taken four showers that day, and while the thought of taking another one was quite appealing, the consequence of wetting and drying his hair so much in a single day was not.
Brian settled further into the comfort of the sofa, removed his finger from the page he'd been holding, and continued to read.
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"Brian?"
"Hmm?" Brian hummed, and set the book back on his chest. His eyes were heavy behind his lids, and his neck had gotten rather stiff. Brian briefly wondered how long Freddie had been gone for.
Brian looked up, ready to ask if Freddie wanted lunch, and dropped his book to the floor.
"Well?" Freddie said slyly. "Is it still too hot?"
Brian stared, dumbstruck, as Freddie walked across the sitting room, naked as the day he'd been born.
He placed himself in the single sofa opposite Brian so casually that Brian wondered if he'd forgotten he hadn't any clothes on.
Freddie stretched, slowly and languidly, and Brian couldn't help but stare as the muscles in his arms tightened as they moved over his head, and how his stomach stretched when he brought them back down.
"Freddie?" he said again, hoarsely.
"Oh, don't mind me," Freddie told him seriously. "It's a bit hot for clothes, don't you think? I figured I'd be cooler this way. You don't have to stop reading on my account, Brian."