"Silence" Book 1

Chapter 14 : Progression (First Alastor POV!)

I feel weight fall onto my shoulders. I look over to see Damians laying on my shoulder. His breathing was slow and controlled. At every exhale he would make a sighing noise. As I looked I noticed the heavy eye bags under his eyes.
How much sleep have you been getting?...
I looked over to see that the movie’s were over.
“Did Damian really -*yawn*...fall asleep?” Sasha says while yawning and stretching her arms up.
“Yeah he did. I almost did as well.” I say.
Iru stands up and stretches, causing Sasha to talk. “I guess you guys are staying the night. I’ll go grab a bunch of blankets and pillows, and be right back.”
I yawn and carefully reach over and grab my phone. It was eleven o’clock by now. I scroll through some apps before Sasha comes back with a heap of blankets and pillows in her arms.
“Uh, a little help.” She is muffled by the monstrosity in her arms.
“Yeah sure.” Iru says walking over to her and taking the pillows.
She drops the blankets in the middle of the room and walks over to me and puts a blanket around me and Damian, she also gives me a small pillow to put on my shoulder for Damian. I carefully lift his head and put the pillow down and gently put his head down.
“Does anyone need anything else?” Sasha says as she picks up a soft looking blanket.
“No, I think we’re good.” I say.
Iru puts his pillow on the floor and curls up under his blanket. Sasha does the same.
Before Sasha turned the TV off we all said “G’Night.”
I feel Damian shift a bit and pull his blanket close to him. I lay my head on top of his and close my eyes. I start to drift into darkness. I fall asleep with Damian on my shoulder and my head resting on his.
And that's how I wake up as well. I open my eyes to be greeted with a dim living room and the smell of amazing food. I sheepishly lift my head up, my eyes half open. I sat up straight and almost forgot that Damian was still laying on my shoulder. I gently lay him down and get up to see what this amazing aroma of food is. I walk into the kitchen to find a woman making waffles and Iru, Sasha and a man sitting at the island.
“Oh. Morning Al.” Sasha says as she spots me.
“Oh right, this is my mom.” She points to the woman making waffles, she looks over and gives me a small smile.
“And this is my dad.” She points to the man sitting with her. He doesn't lift his head and look at me.
“Okay, who wants waffles.” Sasha’s mom asks.
“I do!” We all yell in unison. She hands out the amazing looking waffles. I put butter on them and drench them in syrup.
Before I eat I thank her. “Thank you miss.” I say.
“You can call me Laura dear.” She says smiling. We all go quiet when Damian walks in.
“Good morning sweetheart!” Laura says.
He hums in response. I look over at him and see that his hair is a mess, his eyes squinted, and has a blanket wrapped around him like a burrito.
Laura sets a plate of waffles on the table. “Here ya go Damian.” She says.
“Thanks” He says as he sits down and grabs the butter.
“I'm sorry I fell asleep so early, I haven’t had much sleep.” He says, his tiredness apparent.
“It’s fine. Besides, I'm surprised Alastor didn’t wake you up.” Sasha says looking up from her pancakes.
“What do you mean?” He says.
“Oh, you fell asleep on his shoulder.” She says bluntly.
His eyes went wide, a slight tint of red on his face and ears.
“I-I did what…”
“Yeah you fell asleep on his shoulder.” Iru repeats.
“I’m so sorry Alastor!”
“It’s fine.” I say.
We eat in silence for the rest of the time. We later got dressed and headed home.
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687 words
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Wooo two chapters in one month let's go!!!! (15 will be an extra chapter cause I got no ideas.)
Bye Queens, Kings, And genderfluid and non-binary Royalty!
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