Mornings with you are Ajax's least favourite part of this routine.

Not only does he usually wake up to an empty bed, but the post-nut clarity tends to hit even harder, making him feel like the shittiest person in the world ever. What a complete idiot he had been, going about this arrangement like it wouldn't affect him in the slightest.

The sound of rustling clothes cuts through his slumber. Instinctively, Ajax reaches out, wrapping his fingers around your wrist. He raises his head from the pillow, offering you his best smile despite the lingering drowsiness blurring his vision.

"Leaving already?" He asks groggily, his voice a bit hoarse. "I thought I promised breakfast."

It's pathetic, he knows, but he can't help but ask himself just what is it he's lacking for you to not even consider him as a romantic option. Ajax isn't an insecure guy by any means, and you know each other well enough (you've met his family, for Archons' sake), so why?

Why can't he keep you?