magnesium

Hi! Thank you for the prompt :) I'm working on it at the moment, but here is a snippet for you.

Simon answered the door, scowling when he realised it was Wille, “What?” His curls were damp with sweat, sticking to his forehead in places. The heather grey t-shirt he was wearing was covered in sawdust.

“Do you have any idea what time it is?” Wille asked, trying to distract himself from the way Simon’s t-shirt clung to his chest and shoulders, “What the hell are you doing in there?” He tried to peer over Simon’s shoulder, but Simon stepped to the side, blocking his view.

“Just working on a project,” he folded his arms, “did you want something?”

“What project?” Wille asked, and immediately kicked himself for his tone.

Simon scowled harder, “I have some furniture to build, alright? And some of us work shifts, rather than cushy little 9 to 5s at home, so if you don’t mind,” he started to close the door in Wille’s face.

“Do you need help?” 

“Huh?”

Wille felt his cheeks getting redder. Fuck. Why did he speak to anyone, ever? About anything? “It’s gonna take twice as long if you do it by yourself,” he managed, “and I want to get some sleep tonight,” he ended with a noncommittal but very deliberate shrug. 

for week 27 of the weekly drabble challenge.

Wille hates seeing Simon behind the wheel.

He knows he’s being mostly irrational about it. He knows Simon is a careful driver, always sticking to the speed limits, staying off his phone, paying attention to the traffic.

Yet no amount of reassuring will make Wille feel better when Simon picks up the keys. Not the state of the art safety features, not Simon telling him it’ll be fine and Wille has nothing to worry about.

⬆ the Royal way of handling a crisis

For what it's worth, here's my headcanon that one day I might turn into a fic since I can't seem to add it in the tags:

Everyone expects Wille to propose - including Simon - but he never does. Eventually one day Simon snaps and asks why not. And Wille says that he never wants Simon to feel trapped in a relationship with him, especially for the sake of tradition and convention or for appearances. He's had enough of all that. He wants Simon to actively choose to be with him every day for the rest of their lives.

Then either Simon does the romantic proposal to prove that he is choosing Wille every day, or else he agrees and they never get married. Depends what mood I'm in!