Sidemen Shots

Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth ~ Kshaw

JJ doesn't know when the switch to Harry being the person he cares about the most happened, but it evidently did at some point.

It's 4:15 in the morning, and JJ is unfortunately still awake, his eyes bleary with his need for sleep and his brain still blurting out ideas for the upcoming Sidemen video he is currently planning. When a text comes through on his phone, he practically squeals with fatigued joy, elated for the excuse to abandon his effort and finally, finally, get some much needed sleep.

And what's even more unfortunate, is the fact that he knows he's scheduled in to film SidemenReacts at 10AM tomorrow (today) with Harry and Tobi. He also knows that they need to film at least six reaction videos in order to make up for the ones that got disfigured a few days ago thanks to a sudden virus on their editor's computer. (He's really not looking forward to it.)

He gives his work a quick once over before closing the tabs and shutting the PC down, wondering when the hell he changed his computer home screen to a photo of the Sidemen from back in 2021. The glide of his chair away from his desk is glorious, pleasurable in a way that only he would understand.

When he checks his phone, he is (pleasantly) surprised to find out that the text came from Harry, as did the two other messages that ping in quick succession just before JJ clicks on the notification.

Hey JJ are you sleeping?
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I can't sleep
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This stupid video is killing me icl

Apparently, Harry has just as much of a death wish as JJ does since he's also up at this severely late - early - hour.

I'm up Harry

...My own vid is turning out to be a nightmare...I just have too much I want to do with it and the logistics are difficult...You saved me from my pain 🙏

Haha
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Always happy to help brother 🙏

Man Tobi is gonna hate the two of us later

...We have 5 n half hours till filming

We're screwed
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Gotta laugh through the pain 😭

It is as JJ is climbing into his bed a couple minutes later, his teeth freshly re-brushed to rid his mouth of its stale taste, that he notices his expression in the reflection of his dark phone screen. He's grinning, practically ear to ear, cheesy and sanguine. It slips slightly when he realises that Harry hasn't sent a third text in the five minutes JJ has been absent in order to get ready for bed.

Nevermind, JJ can easily rectify that issue - as well as easily reinstate his ecstatic grin while he does so.

Harry

...

The first text he sends, with his body propped comfortably in bed on his side, is soft and tentative. His mind whispers the other man's name in his head, and the text feels like a digital equivalent of the subdued thought.

You awake?

The reply is immediate, and no, that point does not leave JJ feeling warm inside. (It does.)

He really needs to get some sleep, otherwise he'll be the opposite of pleasant when he joins the 10AM call later with some video about elephants on his screen, loaded and paused so they can comfortably film an intro.