Lounge about and I have a soft drink and a sweet (8)
I believe the answer is:
lollipop
'a sweet' is the definition.
(lollipop is a kind of sweet)
'lounge about and i have a soft drink' is the wordplay.
'lounge about' becomes 'loll' ('loll' can be a synonym of 'lounge about').
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'have' says to put letters next to each other.
'a soft drink' becomes 'pop' (pop is a kind of soft drink).
'loll'+'i'+'pop'='LOLLIPOP'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for lollipop that I've seen before include "sucker" , "Boiled sweet" , "Popsicle" , "Confection on a stick" , "Nutcracker Suite, say" .)