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Wylan is not the type of person to relax. Wylan is also incredibly sleep-deprived, as nightmares of his father chase him through the small snatches of sleep he manages to get.
Tonight Wylan finds his hands tangled with his boyfriend's. They are wandering around Jesper's childhood home. A wide open and expansive farm. They had just finished up dinner, Jesper joking with Colm and Wylan softly giggling along. Wylan is relaxed in the presence of a man who raised his favorite person, with a presence that is gentle, calm, and strong. Colm Fahey is grounded in the earth like a willow tree and the low musical cadence of his softly rumbling voice is soothing in a way that Jan Van Eck was never capable of.
Jesper pulls Wylan along by the hand, smiling and humming a tune Wylan recognizes because it's the same one Jesper uses to soothe his anxious thoughts when they race. Wylan yawns. Jesper smiles at the adorable scrunch of Wylan's nose. The light hits his soft strawberry curls so they shine a luminous golden color. "Are you sleepy treasure?" Wylan blushes, and softly nods. Jesper presses a kiss to the top of his head. Jesper knows better than to outright suggest they nap, but when he spots the hammock strung between the trees an idea hits him full force, and he smiles to himself slyly.
Pulling Wylan along once more, he sits down in the hammock. Lying back, he gently pulls the smaller boy atop him and winds his arms around his boyfriend's chest. One hand comes up to thread through his hair still glowing shades of red in the sunlight and Wylan keens into the touch, releasing an innocent little moan at the feeling. Jesper laughs and gazes fondly down at the boy in his arms. It's still early in the evening, maybe 7 pm, when the sun begins to set. Jesper finds himself wishing that he could freeze this moment to live in it forever. Wylan mumbles into Jesper's linen shirt quietly. "What's up, baby? What do you need sunshine?"
Wylan blushes at the affectionate words and gentle tone hiding his face in the crook of Jesper's neck. "My darling thing, you're so precious." They lie there together like that until Jesper begins to hear soft exhales of breath. Wylan is asleep, clutching Jesper's shirt in his fist. Jesper nearly cries in relief when he sees the expression on his lover's face, relaxed and content in a way he hasn't seen in months. Wylan whispers something unintelligible into Jesper's warm embrace in his sleep. "I love you Wylan Hendricks. I'd sleep out here every night if it meant you'd be sleeping." He presses another kiss to Wylan's head and makes a vow to the setting sun to always look after this radiant boy. His lover, his sunshine, and his favorite part of waking every morning.
When Wylan wakes its to Jesper gently tucking him into bed between warm sheets. As his eyes blink open Jesper smiles a small genuine smile. "Oh sweetheart, you needed a nap so bad huh baby?" Wylan frowns and rolls his eyes. "Oh shut it Jes." As Wylan curls up against his boyfriend and drifts back to sleep he begrudgingly admits (just to himself of course) that maybe he did need that nap.