Chapter 26

                                    

                                          
Picture of Damon
                          
---UPDATE SCHEDULE IS IN MY BIO---
                          
Damon's P.O.V
                          
Something warm pulls away from me making me groan with annoyance. I grab for it, hands finally finding the source allowing me to yank it back against me as I slowly wake from my temporary hibernation period. 
                          
Will giggles against me as I cage him against me, his hands pushing at my circling arms which were locking him in place against me. He leans his head back against my neck as he laughs helplessly, giving me free rein to his neck, I press loving kisses up his skin making him squeal a little.
                          
"Damon," He groans, his voice still light with amusement through his giggles that sent a jolt of electricity through me each time he released a new one. "I need to use the bathroom."
                          
I open one of my eyes to look at him, he looks down at me, eyes sparkling with joy matching his content expression. The sight eases the slight panic that arose in me at the thought of letting him leave me, even for a moment. So I relent, giving him one last squeeze to his smaller frame before pressing one last kiss to his collarbone and releasing him. 
                          
I role over onto my back, resting my head on one of my hands while my other arm remains outstretched where Will was curled before. I yawn myself awake while Will slides himself out of my bed and towards the bathroom, but not before giving me a quick kiss to the cheek.
                          
My eyes trail his movements with a growing smile until he's out of my line of vision, fixing my gaze to the ceiling instead, I remain still for a moment before slamming my pillow over my face to cover the ridiculous grin that was coveting it.
                          
But I couldn't stop it even if I tried, because I finally had Will back.
                          
It was hard not to scream to release even a portion of the joy that that simple truth delivered to me. I'd never imagined that I could grow to need someone or care for them to this extent, something that was almost as strong as what I felt for my family. But it'd become really fucking clear to me through our time apart, that I'd come to feel much greater things for Will than I could imagine or even prepare for. 
                          
Honestly, I was already halfway there.
                          
After Will came to me, I'd dragged him into my apartment and kissed him stupid not letting him get more than an inch away from me. My skin itching with the need to be close to him, every fiber inside of me willing me to never let him go again, the bond's slowly reknitting form bringing the pleasure of new heights to me.
                          
We'd spent the rest of the evening wrapped up in one another's arms, the feeling simply sensational and too perfect to risk losing again. I'd only let Will go when he had hit me a few times hours later, demanding to be released so he could go feed Sassy, who I could admit I'd missed a little. 
                          
I let him go but only when he promised to come back right away. He kept his promise, coming back to me shortly after, but with wet hair from a fresh shower and draped in loser clothes than he'd left me in. 
                          
Then he asked something I never saw coming, at least not this soon.
                          
"Can I sleep here tonight?" Will asked while he knotted his fingers around his toothbrush, which he strangled with his grip. "With you, I mean, sleep here with you... next to you. Like, spend the night together?"
                          
The shortly lived joy I'd been riding moments earlier, skyrocketed within an instant as I made my way over to him, scooping him up in my arms before pressing desperate kisses to his soft lips which he welcomed without a moment's hesitance.
                          
"It would make me very happy if you did," I replied after I'd finally pulled away.
                          
He'd smiled up at me, eyes widen and glimmering with so much glee it melted me in my place.