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“will…” you whisper, nudging him lazily on the arm. with no response from sleeping beauty, you start to pepper kisses all over his face languidly. his resting form turns absentmindedly towards you.
“come on, sweets. we’re gonna get caught.” a final kiss was placed on his lips as his eyebrows furrowed.
with hesitation, will shifts underneath the covers, resting his head on your chest. taking the moment of silence, you card your fingers through his golden locks that rest atop his head. to this, he lets out a sound of approval.
“sunshine… let me see those pretty eyes, yeah?” you whisper in a sing-song voice and he finally cracks open his eyes to look up at you.
“there’s my pretty boy,” you simper, nonetheless feeling a bit bad for waking your boyfriend.
normally, he would be up before you, right before the sun rose. but last night was a horrid shift at the infirmary, leaving will’s body weak. he didn’t like to take any extra ambrosia or nectar, preferring to leave it for someone who needed it more than he did.
so when you stopped by the infirmary and he caught sight of you—his knees, quite literally, buckled underneath him.
“austin,” you growl, glaring at will’s sibling.
the said boy ducks down behind a cart of supplies, hoping not to feel your wrath. luckily, will was only a few steps away from you, so you caught him as he slumped against you.
“hiya, baby!” will gleams, moving to kiss you.
his eyes grow wide as you tilt your head away from him, leaving his lips to hit your cheek instead.
“but-“
“no buts, william.”
“but i missed you, pretty girl,” he whimpers, giving you his best puppy dog eyes.
“fine, c’mere,” and in an instant, his lips are on yours.
“thank you, baby,” he whispers, pecking your lips once more before resting his head on your shoulder.
“now let’s get you to bed, huh, sunshine?” you ask him softly, as his eyes start to droop.
an incoherent mumble comes from his lips and even though he’s right next to your ear, you still couldn’t hear it.
“speak up, baby, can’t hear you.”
“don’t wanna go back to my cabin,” he manages to get out and then adds, “wanna stay with you, pretty girl.”
“alright, do you think you can walk all the way there?”
he lets out a “mhmm” and his eyes shoot open as his feet carry him the way to your cabin. when you reach said cabin, your siblings are used to the sight of you two together by now, so they don’t question it when you stumble over to your bunk. slowly lowering will, with little to no help from him, he finally rests on your bed under the covers while his eyebrows pinch together.
“what’s wrong, sunshine?”
“need you,” he says, lifting his arms from the sheets wide open for you to crawl into.
so you do as he says, kicking off your shoes and moving the blankets so you can clamber in. after you situate yourself, he pulls you closer and rests his head on your chest, breathing in and out with you.
“i love you,” you say, closing your eyes in an attempt to get some rest.
and then suddenly the weight of him is lifted off of your chest.
peaking your eyes open, he’s turning his body on top of yours and is leaning down to press another kiss to your lips. after a few moments, he breaks away and dreamily says, “love you, pretty girl.”
will smears a final kiss against your forehead before resting his head on your chest once more. your fingers find their home in his golden locks and before you know it, the two of you are drifting off.