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Today was not going the way that Will Solace had planned. In fact, it was going very much the opposite way. What had originally been planned was simple. In fact, it was simpler than normal.
Will had planned to go out on a nice date with his boyfriend. A simple coffee and shopping date with his boyfriend. But of course, being demigods, that wasn’t possible.
Everything started when Nico woke up with a headache. Nothing major. Two Tylenol, and they should be good to go. However, the misfortune didn’t stop there. When Will and Nico arrive at Nico’s favorite coffee shop, they find that it is closed due to a few burst pipes.
Currently, both Will and Nico are thinking the same thing: “The world had decided to be loud today.” Although neither one of them are going to admit it, they both just want to go home.
The farther they walk, and the more sounds that come into play, the more Nico can feel his stupid headache returning. Gods, how he wishes he could just go home and curl into a ball and take a nap.
Finally, Nico reaches his breaking point when he and Will walk into a store that is playing really bad pop music at, what Nico swears to be, full volume. Nico stops, right by the entrance, everything being way too loud and slightly too bright. Will notices, and turns around. Immediately his brows furrow. He walks back towards Nico, slips his hand into Nico’s hand, and pulls him out of the store.
“What’s wrong, darlin’,” He asks softly.
“I-I can’t do this. Not today,” Nico says softly. “Everything’s just slightly too loud and slightly too bright. Can we please go home?”
“Of course we can.” Will takes Nico’s other hand, so this way Nico can be on the inside, and they start the walk home.
When Will opens the door to their tiny apartment, Nico is more than relieved. By orders of Will, Nico changes into something comfier than his date clothes.
When Nico re emerges from the bathroom, he finds Will struggling with their weighted blanket.
“Hi darling,” Will says as he walks over to Nico.
“Hi.”
“How bad does you head hurt?”
“6,” Nico mutters.
“Alright. Well, I got the weighted blanket out. I’m gonna go change, and then I’ll be back for some cuddles, okay?”
Nico nods and then shuffles over to the bed. He picks up the blanket and the sheets, flops down, then curls into a ball. Will smiles softly, then hurries to change.
Quietly, after he’s done changing, Will slips into the bed. The weighted blanket pushes down on him, almost like it is trying to push him further into the mattress. For a few seconds, Will is reaching for nothing but air, but soon he finds his boyfriend and pulls him into his arms. Nico’s almost half asleep, and for a few minutes, he lays there admiring his boyfriend. Then, slowly, he can feel his eyelids drop closed too.
A few hours later, Will’s eyes slowly begin to open. Nico’s still in his arms, just splayed out a little more. Glancing down at his boyfriend, Will can't help but stop the smile that spreads across his face.
Gods, he never thought that Nico could make him smile this way, but here we are. A few minutes later, Nico begins to stir. He blinks open his eyes, then lays there for a few seconds before shifting to get up. However, both Will and Nico must have misjudged where they were on the bed, because Nico falls off the bed and onto the floor.
Will scrambles up to help him. “Are you okay?” He asks.
“I’m fine. I’m fine,” Nico replies.
“Did you hit your head anywhere?”
“No, I didn’t. I’m fine, I promise,” Nico says reassuringly.
“Okay.”
“I’m gonna go to the bathroom then order food, do you want anything specific?”
“No. I’m good with whatever,” Will says.
Nico nods, “I love you.”
“I love you too.” And with that, Nico is off.
“Gods, how did I end up here?” Will says to himself. “How did I end up here?”