jem carstairs will be the light at your side (mizpah) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2017-06-08 00:10:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, jem carstairs, will herondale |
Who: Jem Carstairs and Will Herondale
When: Backdated: Mid May
Where: Their Condo
What: Will keeps Jem company in the middle of the night
Rating/Warnings: Family Friendly
Status: Complete
No matter how long he’d been a Silent Brother, not needing to sleep was still the one thing that Jem was still getting used to. It had been months since the change had happened and he had mastered his other abilities; such as the mind reading and communicating without speaking as well as the other abilities that came with being a Silent Brother, but staying awake all the time was still strange.
It at least gave him extra time to study, but he missed being able to sleep beside Will or Tessa. Some nights he would lay down with them, but eventually he’d get up and read or watch tv, because laying awake, in the dark while his partners slept would eventually become maddening.
This evening he was sitting on the couch, the TV on some infomercial, the book he’d just finished reading was on the coffee table next to an empty tea cup and Church was nowhere to be seen, leaving Jem by himself while Will and Tessa slept peacefully.
It had taken a while for Will to adjust to Jem not being next to him when he fell asleep, even now he noticed very quickly when Jem left them on the nights he joined them in bed.
Waking he noticed a faint light coming from the other room, slipping carefully from the bed he padded into the room and dropped onto the sofa next to Jem. “Want some company for a bit?” he asked, pressing a kiss to Jem’s cheek, he didn’t have early class the next day so he could sacrifice a few hours.
Jem heard Will’s footsteps coming down the hall and had looked up from the TV as his boyfriend entered the livingroom. “I would love some company.” He smiled as Will kissed his cheek and he leaned into the other man a little, “I hope the TV didn’t wake you,” On nights when Jem spent a few hours watching TV, to pass the time, he’d keep the volume low so as to not wake Will or Tessa, but in the dead of night, even low volume seemed loud at times.
Will shook his head, “No, I think I just missed you tonight” he admitted with a smile, “It’s bound to happen but I don’t have class until the afternoon so I can stay up and get a little Jem time” he winked as he wrapped an arm around his boyfriend to hold him closer.
Jem was still smiling as Will wrapped his arm around him and he snuggled up a little more into the Shadowhunter. “Well, as it just so happens, I could use some Will time.” It wasn’t that they didn’t spend time together regularly, but with school and homework and work, they didn’t always have a chance, like now, to just sit together and enjoy one another’s company.
Getting some together time was never a bad thing in Will’s eyes, they were all so busy that sitting together like this was nice. “Anything particular on your mind tonight?” he asked, his lips moving against Jem’s temple as his hand lazily stroked up and down his boyfriend’s side.
Jem’s dark eyes closed as he relaxed into Will at the feeling of his lips against his temple, “Mmmm not partially. At least nothing interesting.” There were plenty of things on Jem’s mind from school to the dreams to many other things, but he didn’t think Will wanted to talk about any of those. Especially not the dreams since he was no longer a part of them and Jem and Tessa’s were still going and likely would for some time seeing as they were both immortal. He didn’t want Will to feel left out. “How about you?”
Will didn’t mind hearing about the dreams, he was rather interested in them actually. Since he had no idea what was happening. But he was always careful when asking in case either of them were upset. “Not really. My dreams are rather boring now so they never cause many problems” he only had the occasional repeat since he’d died in them, it was strange how much he missed them, “And perhaps I should be worrying more about finals but I think I have them in the bag” he smiled softly, knowing how to most that would sound like pure arrogance.
“I’ve done so much studying that I could pass my finals in my sleep. That is, if I still slept.” Honestly, Jem had studied the same things so much, it was practically embedded in his mind by now. Sometimes when he was studying at night, he wished he was asleep instead, because it was all becoming extremely tedious now. He was very much looking forward to the summer break, but at the same time, he didn’t know what he was going to do with that time where he would have been studying during the summer while Will and Tessa were asleep.
“I wish you could” Will said, “If I could give that to you, I would” Will studied a lot but most of it came naturally to him when it came to literature. He knew Jem studied more than he needed to since he didn’t sleep, it kept his mind occupied. But Will knew he missed sleeping more than even Will and Tessa missed it for him.
“I know you would, William and I appreciate that more than you know.” Jem gave the other Shadowhunter a small smile. He knew that both Will and Tessa wanted the best for him and hated that they couldn’t do more for him. “I’m sure I simply need more time. It has only been a few months since I became a Silent Brother.”
“Yeah I know. It just doesn’t seem fair” Will said gently, pressing another kiss to the side of Jem’s head, “You’re the kindest person I know, you deserve better”
Jem shifted slightly so he could press a kiss to Will’s lips then rested their foreheads together, “I think you’re just biased,” He reached for one of Will’s hands and laced their fingers together, squeezing it, “Because you love me.”
“I do, very much” he confirmed, “But that doesn’t make it any less true” he added with a smile, kissing Jem once more. He’d never imagined being this happy before but now he was he wouldn’t give it up for anything. He would do anything for Jem and Tessa and he always would.