Jim Lake Jr. x reader || Daylight

Ch. 31: The Regrouping -- For Once, Let's Not Be Destined

I knew Jim was exhausted, me letting him sleep in as I crawled out of bed, his arms flopping to the side as he rested them on something that was no longer there. He patted the empty space next to him, but, he was too tired to investigate why I had moved.

I smiled at his soft breathing, walking out of his room quietly. I trudged down the stairs, looking around to see that Ms. Lake was at work, like usual, the gang still not aware of what happened with Morgana.

I took a seat at the kitchen table, tapping my fingers against the wood with a random beat, looking around the room with a yawn.

I had never imagined that I'd ever be used as a -- how-to put it -- ah, yes, A SIMPLE BODY FOR AN EVIL SOUL!

I took a deep breath, let me not overdramatize this...but I mean, what the hell?!

My small beat against the table became shakier as I closed my eyes, Morgana no longer in my head. It was nice, but, my head seemed almost empty now. I was thinking but in almost slow motion. What did I even want to think about? What had been the point of her little test? Did Jim and I truly jhave puppy love? I mean, it didn't feel that way...I felt like it was more, that we truly loved each other...but what if Morgana was up to something...something that'd tear a rift between Jim and me? I mean, I felt almost torn between wanting to be Destined to Jim...and not wanting to even be dealing with all of this...

I slowly pried my eyes back open, shaking my head in a physical attempt to shoo away the thought. Jim and I, we were destined. I had truly adored this fact about us. I mean, I was a teenage girl, being told that I had someone that was my soulmate, that we were heroes meant to fight side by side.

But, I was starting to grow tired. Not with the fighting, not with the magic, no...that was all beyond cool and I just could never let that go. That was a part of my life now. And I loved it.

It was the fact that it seemed Jim and I's relationship was never enough. I just wanted to go on movie dates, share whisperers of sickly sweet things, and everything cheesy that's in all the Rom-coms. But, we needed to be more than that. As a Destined Partner and him the Trollhunter, we couldn't just be teenagers who were head over heels with each other, their biggest worry in the world being their parents not agreeing to them dating. No, our biggest worry was seeing if our love was real, having a line of evil tyrants that were thousands of years old ready to end us on the spot.

It made me sick. I wanted to be normal...but also be able to know about magic. I wanted Jim to not have to feel he had to protect me, and me to him. I just wanted it to be where we could be together and fight, yet still, be content with how our relationship was.

Because, at the moment, I was truly questioning what it was that made Jim grow feelings for me in the first...

"'Morning, sunshine." My eyes shot up to see Jim skipping down the stairs, almost tripping as his eyes remained closed from his large yawns.

"Good morning." I smiled, feeling queasy at how it felt more for me to form the action on my lips.

"What's up?" Jim sat by me, kissing my forehead before waiting for my answer.

"Er --" I pressed my palm against him, him rubbing his thumb against my knuckles in a comforting manner.

"I had a question," He gave me a nod, giving me a patient smile as I gnawed on my bottom lip. "Why do you love me, Jim?"

Jim choked on invisible water, looking at me in utter disbelief at my words. "Why do I love you?"He repeated back, closing his eyes as if it pained him to answer. "Before I answer," His grip on my hand tightened, "Why do you ask?" 

I looked down at our joined hands, shrugging as I looked back up to stare out the window. "Just some things Morgana had said kind of bothered me. That's all. And, I just want to know." I pressed, looking at him with questioning eyes.

"Well, God where to start?" He let go of my hand, scratching his neck as he pondered silently.

"I only had a crush on you when we first started school." He confessed, nodding as he formed mental sentences. "For the longest, that's all it was. I hadn't really gotten to know you that well. All I knew was that you were the pretty girl in History class. Also, the only girl who would even come close to standing up to Steve." He kept nodding along to his words, his thoughts seeming more clear to him.

"Then, you would talk to me a couple of times during the day, that was like a huge deal." He truly sounded like a teenage boy when he said this, chuckling a bit in embarrassment as he revealed more and more about how this all started.

"After we knew about -- well everything," He motioned to the room, signaling about the madness and beauty of the Troll community. "Of course, I was excited that it was you. But, we became best friends first, that's who I fell in love with first...my best friend." He gave me a soft smile, my eyes fluttering a bit as I let his words sink in.

"You fell in love with Tobey?" I questioned a bit confused, him snorting with a shake of his head.

"You became my best friend, (Y/n). Before all of this madness, before we knew how deep this destined stuff would get," His eyes gave off a flash of graveness, "You were my best friend. Of course, I have Tobey but if I needed anything, I had you. I knew I had you. You knew what I was going through it, and we did it together. Then, and only then, did I realize how deeply and irreversibly in love I was with you, (Y/n) (L/n)."

My breath halted in my throat, my eyes watering, I quickly wiped at them, hoping to stop my hot tears.

I jumped up and gave Jim a deathly tight hug, making sure he could feel how much weight his words took off my heart.

"I love you too, Jim..." I could feel him tear up as well, my neck feeling his emotion dripping down.

"What? No amazing speech of your love for me? That's not fair." He teased, pulling back to plant a kiss on my lips, it brief, but never failed to make my heart flutter.

I could only laugh, looking down at my Trollhunter, my best friend.

(A/n): ELLLOOOO lovelies, how are all of you??? It's been so long and gosh darn it, my schedule has definitely not been the best 😭😂 But I'm ecstatic that I was able to update today, and AHHH just loving life ya know? Anywwwaayyss, I wanted to do this thing where you guys would comment ideas/prompts of what you want to see in future chapters and I'll incorporate them all to make it more fun, what do you think? On that note! I hope you all have a beautiful rest of your day, night, or afternoon, love you 💕🎉✨