Battle Wounds: Solangelo Soulmate AU

SIXTY-EIGHT

NICO POV:
Apparently having your dad die at the end of the school year can be a good thing because I get exempt from finals. While Wills at school taking his finals I get to hang out at home with Mrs. O'leary and his mom, who has taken the week off of work to stay home with me since I'm sure they're both scared I'm gonna kill myself. As much as I wanna say that's stupid I'm fine, I can't because I definitely have thought about it.

I'm laying on the coach with Mrs. O'leary on top
of me, nearly suffocating me, and Wills mom is sitting in the arm chair while we watch Greys Anatomy. As much as I hate to admit it, their stupid soap opera has kinda hooked me.

I didn't really mind spending time with Wills mom one on one considering we've never really got the chance to, but it's kinda awkward. Neither of us really know what to talk about so we just watch TV together. Someone started dramatically screaming on the TV and Mrs. O'leary's ears perked up and she started barking at the screen.

"Shh, your fine," I tell her petting her head. "It's just a show." She wines and puts her head on my shoulder.

"Shes as big as you are," Wills mom chuckles. "Can you even breath with her on top of you?"

"Mostly," I snicker. "But I don't mind. I like having her on top of me, it's reassuring."

"She's like a big weighted blanket," she muses. "Dogs are known to be able to calm people's anxiety by laying on them like that because they just naturally press pressure points on their chest."

"Isn't that the point of weighted blankets and like weighted stuffed animals too?"

"Yeah it is, something about having weight on your chest tends to calm people down."

She's right, Mrs. O'leary always lays on me when I'm having a panic attack and I love when Will lays on my chest or on me if my anxiety's bad. Unless it's the kind of anxiety where I don't want to be touched or something. There's just something so reassuring about having someone I trust on me like that.

"Cuddling is also known to lower blood pressure, and therefore help with anxiety so that's probably another reason you like her laying on you like that," she says. "And why when your upset you like Will to hold you."

I blush a little at the fact that she's noticed that. I don't like that anyone but Will knows when i'm upset, let alone how to calm me down. I'm barley okay with being that vulnerable with Will, let alone his mother.

"My sons always been a very happy boy, ever since he was little, but ever since he's met you I've never seen him just glow with joy so much. I swear he's never not smiling when your around."

I can feel the heat rise even further up my face. "Really?" I ask. "Sometimes I feel like I just weigh him down."

She scoffs at me. "Absolutely not, he loves you so much. He's so happy to have you."

I can't help the small smile that plays against my lips.

As if on cue Will walks in from the garage. "Honey I'm home," he says in a cheesy mocking voice. When he rounds the corner and sees me laying there his face lights up. "Nico!" He immediately comes over and gives me a quick kiss.

"How was your math final?" his mom asks.

"I think I did good enough," he shrugs, sitting down on the floor by me so he can pet Mrs. O'leary. She immediately licks his face and he laughs as he backs away from her tongue.

"That's good," I say smiling at the sight.

"You look tired," Will says frowning as he looks at me. "Did you not sleep again last night?"