jem carstairs will be the light at your side (mizpah) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2015-03-17 18:43:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, jem carstairs, will herondale |
Who: Jem Carstairs and Will Herondale
What: Talking Before Bed
When: Backdated: Monday, March 16th. Evening
Where: Their Condo
Rating/Warnings: Family Friendly
Status: Complete!
Jem was the sort of student who finished work well ahead of their due date so that he wouldn’t have to worry about them later on. Not only that, but now it gave him more free time to spend with Will and Tessa since he wasn’t spending hours finishing an assignment at the last minute. That evening had been a prime example of one of those times he finished an assignment well ahead of its due date. His essay wasn’t due for at least another week, but he had just finished it and was in the process of shutting down his laptop when he realized just how late it actually was. He hadn’t realized how long he’d spent working on it or that Will and Tessa had both apparently gone to bed.
Putting his laptop in his bag for class the next day, he headed towards his room, out of instinct only to remember that Tessa was sleeping in there when he reached the door. Heading, instead, to Will’s room, where he had been sleeping since Tessa had moved in due to the increased crime rate that had happened in January, he changed his clothes in the bathroom then quietly entered the bedroom. He didn’t want to wake Will up, so he left the light off and moved across the room to slip into bed beside him. It had been a little strange, at first, sleeping next to Will, but he had slowly grown used to it, but now it seemed like the most comfortable thing in the world.
Will tended to finish his interesting assignments quickly and then leave the less interesting ones until the last minute. It was just the way he worked, it sometimes involved all nighters and lots of caffeine drinks but they all got done and all got good marks so it was the best plan for him. He’d stayed up as late as possible but he and Tessa had agreed to retire and leave Jem to it.
As soon as Jem got into bed Will stirred rolling over and wrapped an arm around him lazily, “Get everything finished?” he asked, voice a little sleep roughened and his eyes were still closed as he snuggled his boyfriend.
Jem couldn’t help but smile as Will’s arms wrapped around his waist, “Yes. I may take another look at it in a few days, but for the most part, it’s finished.” Will was a cuddler, which Jem didn’t mind in the least now that he was used to it. It had been a little awkward at first, figuring out how to sleep with someone else tangled around him, but now it felt natural, “I think I may need to use a silence Rune next time I’m up late so that I don’t wake you though.”
Will was most definitely a cuddler, which most people wouldn’t suspect but thankfully once he’d adjusted Jem didn’t seem to mind. Will was rather looking forward to the day they convinced Tessa she could share with them and he’d have both his people to snuggle with. “You don’t need to do that. Besides I wouldn’t sleep properly without you now anyway”
“So, if I were to sleep on the couch, you wouldn’t get a good night’s sleep?” Since he’d started sharing a bed with Will, Jem had wondered, a few times, what it’d be like if Tessa joined them. Was the bed big enough? Who would sleep where? And would it be comfortable? There was no way of knowing until it happened.
Tightening his arms around Jem he shook his head, “Nope. I’d be completely sleep deprived” he said dramatic as always even half asleep. “You wouldn’t do that to me would you?” he asked, opening his eyes to give Jem his best puppy expression after kissing his shoulder.
“Or you’d simply come out to the living room and try to squeeze onto the couch with me.” It was a very Will thing to do that Jem had no doubt that he would try it, even if there was the probability that they’d both wind up on the floor. “But, I suppose I wouldn’t do that to you on purpose.” He chuckled softly at Will’s puppy dog eyes, which he could just make out in the faint light that came in from outside, “How long did it take you to perfect that look?”
It was a very Will thing to do and he kind of liked that Jem knew him so well that he could tell that was what would happen. Laughing Will dropped it, "Not as long as you'd think actually. Some things come naturally to me, most things actually" he added in his usual joking arrogant way.
“Why does that not surprise me?” Jem asked, running his hand along Will’s arm, subconsciously. “You must have gotten away with quite a lot when you were younger with that look.” He wouldn’t be one bit surprised if he heard that Will had never actually been in trouble as a result of his puppy dog eyes.
"You have no idea" Will grinned, "As long as it wasn't my mam, she could see right through me" And kept Will's feet firmly planted on the ground. Without her lord knows how much more cocky he'd have been.
“Mum’s are always the harder to fool of the two.” Jem said, smirking a little as he tried to imagine little Will trying to pull one over on his mother. “Yours must be a very smart woman if she can see through you.” In Jem’s case, having known Will in the dreams for as long as he had, it helped him in real life to see through him at times.
“They really are. They’re either all super spies or have some kind of in built lie detector” Will said, “Mine has both I think. She always knew everything” Will didn’t mind Jem being able to see through him at times. It was kind of special.
Part of him wanted to ask if she knew that Will was dating two people, but the relationship that they had with Tessa was unconventional and he wasn’t sure if their families would understand. Instead, he moved so that he could lean forward and press a soft kiss to Will’s lips, “I suppose now it’s mine and Tessa’s job to keep you grounded.”
Will had told his mother he was dating but she didn’t know the details, it was very unconventional and he kind of wanted to be there with her in person instead of on the phone or computer. “Yep, think you’re up to the challenge?” he teased pressing another kiss to his lips.
“I think if anyone is up to the challenge, it’s Tessa and I.” Jem smiled, bringing a hand up to run his fingers, lightly through Will’s hair. Over the last couple of months he’d become much more comfortable touching Will or Tessa and being the one to initiate a kiss.
“I think you’re right” Will said, “No inflated head for me” he grinned. Will was definitely the more forward of the three of them but he had been holding back so as not to pressure them so when Jem initiated things it made Will ridiculously happy.
“That’s good, because we wouldn’t want you to not be able to fit through the door.” Jem yawned then, taking his hand away from Will’s hair to cover his mouth, “I think it might be time to actually sleep.” After all, they had class in the morning.
Will nodded, “Sleep time sounds good” he agreed, pressing a kiss to his lips before settling against him comfortably. “Night night Jem” he whispered.