you tried really hard to not let him get to you.
but sylus had an insufferable knack for pissing you off.
"sy?" despite the calmness across your features, your eye twitching showed you were anything but. "where is he?"
if you weren't so focused on keeping your breathing regulated, you would've seen the reassured grin slipping onto his face, far too cocky as he casually fiddled with his gun.
"where is who, kitten?" his voice was a lazy drawl as he dragged his gaze up to meet yours. "you'll have to be more specific."
"you know!" when waving your hands in the air only earned you a raised brow, you groaned. "my grumpy crow plushie! he was on the bed when i left for work, and now he's gone!"
"ah." he brought his gaze back down to the gun he was maintaining, and you could see the way his lip curled. "that thing? perhaps he ran off to find his own kitten."
"sy!" you marched over, grabbing the gun from his hands. he seemed all too pleased as you placed it on the table. "i know you have something to do with this! spit it out!"
"i'm telling the truth, sweetie." he held his hands up, placing one over his heart. "the crow wished to find a companion, so he left."
"sylus qin." you poked at his chest, scowling. "if you don't tell me, i swear-"
"you're more worried about a plushie than your own husband." he lamented, a dramatic sigh escaping his chest as he wrapped his arms around your waist, tugging you between his legs. "you haven't even asked how my day was."
".. how was your day, sylus?" your hands drifted to his hair reflexively.
"very productive." he nodded, resting his head against your stomach, nuzzling into you. "i made a few deals.. dealt with some troublemakers.. aided a crow to find a new home-"
and with those words, you tugged on his hair. he barely seemed fazed, only lifting his head at your pull to smile up at you.
"where. is. my. plushie?" you demanded an answer, scowling down at him.
"the closet." he decided to answer truthfully this time, if only to catch a glimpse of the sight of you running off to see if his claims were true.
"why did you put him in there?!" you hugged grumpy crow as soon as you found him, glaring daggers at his "kidnapper."
sylus merely shrugged, leaning his head against his palm. "he was stealing from me."
"stealing from- he's a plushie!" you moved to storm towards the bed, but a hand grabbing your wrist stopped you. you brought your gaze up, finding him watching you, a strange gleam to his eyes.
"he was stealing my wife's attention." he spoke as if it was a grievous sin, bringing you into his arms. a steady hand rested on your hip, the second sliding up to cup the back of your neck. "why would you cuddle with.. him if i'm only a call away?"
"when did i..?" you paused, before glaring at him. "are you seriously jealous that i was holding him before bed last night?"
"you should be holding me instead." he huffed, tugging you impossibly closer. "surely i'm better than cotton and cloth?"
"you're so dramatic." you grumbled, holding the plushie up. "he's just a plushie!"
"plushie or not, i'm not sharing our bed with him." he turned his head away, nose up in the air for dramatic effect. "who will you choose, sweetie, me or the plushie?"
he wasn't even fully surprised that he ended up sleeping on the couch that night.