bad!era!michael x reader sleepless nights
It was a quarter past three. The world was quiet, and time felt as if it stood stillāthe moonlight dancing across Michael and your shared bedroom. YouĀ hadĀ been sleeping, lying tangled in the sheets. Even in your half-asleep state, you realized you could no longer feel the warmth of Michaelās chest pressed against your back. Eyes unopened, you threw your hand behind you, searching for the warmth of his body. Your hand was met with nothing but the coolness of the cotton sheets where Michael should have been. As you sat up and reached to rub your bleary eyes, you immediately knew where Michael was.
This wasn't the first time you woke in the dead of night to the other side of your bed, cold and empty. And it wouldn't be the last. Oftentimes, Michaelās best ideas found him in dreamland. When inspiration came knocking, Michael was never one to ignore the call. He would slip out of bed in hopes of not waking you to head to his home studio. Every time his attempts prove futile. You always woke not long after his disappearance. Much like tonight.Ā
Following the same routine, you untangled yourself from the bed sheets. Abandoning the sweet dreams you had been having. Finding your robe in the dark room with no illumination other than the moon. You open the bedroom door, roaming through the halls until you inevitably find the studio door. The metal of the handle is cold to the touch against your palm as you turn it and press the door open. Your eyes take a moment to adjust to the light of the studio. But when they do, you find Michael sitting at the soundboard with his back turned to you. to consumed by whatever song pulled him from the bed to notice your presence. Smiling to no one besides yourself, you walk softly behind him. Wrapping your arms around his shoulders. āHi, baby,ā he breathes. āDid I wake you?āĀ
You didn't answer, but you didn't need to. He knew that not long after he left, you were bound to come searching for him. āDo you want to hear what I've been working on?ā he asks as he erases something from his notepad. āMhm,ā you hum pressing a kiss to his neck. Michael stands as he turns to face you, arms wrapping around your waist. As he sang, the two of you swayed back and forth to the rhythm of his voice, something falling just short of dancing.Ā
The air in the studio was reminiscent of the scent of Quincyās cigarettes and Michaelās cologne. Many sleepless nights had been spent in this room, producing the very music that paid for it. Michael had stopped singing, but the two of you stayed wrapped up in each other. His arms were tight around you as he pressed a kiss to your neck. You felt so safe when he held you like this. āCome back to bed, Michael,ā you plead. Hoping that this time he might actually listen.Ā
āCan we stay like this a little longer? Then I promise we can go back to bed,ā he whispered, his breath fanning against your neck. So you stayed with him until he was ready, as long as he had you here with him like this. Then he had everything he needed. God could give the song to Prince. Just this once, though.