ISAK: Can't sleep?
EVEN: [paces over to the window] No. Sorry, I didn't want to wake you.
ISAK: [sits up] I told you to.
EVEN: [a tiny scowl darkens his features] I don't want you to feel like you have to babysit me.
ISAK: [flicks on the light by his bed] Seriously? I thought we settled that discussion. I don't.
EVEN: [his face softens before he turns to peer out the window] Yeah, I know. Sorry.
ISAK: You don't need to apologize either. I get it.
EVEN: [shoulders tightening] No, you don't.
ISAK: [easing out of the bed] You're right, I don't. But... [cautiously approaches, settling a hand on Even's neck. His fingers reflexively sliding up and into his hair.] I'm here...to listen, or...to just...be.
EVEN: [glancing down] Just be? No questions? No 'how do you feel? No 'are you okay'?
ISAK: Does it bother you when I ask?
EVEN: Sometimes, though 'bother' isn't the word I'd use.
ISAK: [curling his free arm around Even's waist. He sighs when Even leans into him.] What word fits better? I'm learning here, remember?
EVEN: It...worries me. [he turns abruptly, pulling Isak into a hug and resting his chin on Isak's crown.] I worry you'll stop seeing me as your boyfriend and start seeing me more as...someone you feel responsible for.
ISAK: [wraps his arms around Even, trying to show him how he feels because the words are still too big for him to say.] If that happens, if I think that's happening, I promise to tell you. But that's not what this is.
EVEN: [holds Isak back enough to meet his eyes.] No?
ISAK: You know it isn't, fuck, it's...this is us. Isak and Even.
EVEN: Minute by minute?
ISAK: Second by fucking second, if that's how it needs to go.
EVEN: [smiles] You're cute when you're mad.
ISAK: Don't change the subject.
EVEN: [tightening his hold] I'm not. I'm grateful that you care.
ISAK: I'm paid to care, remember? I don't want your mom to fire me. [peppers Even's throat with soft kisses] She might hire someone else to do this.
EVEN: [begins walking them back toward the bed] Can't have that.
ISAK: Hell no. [topples to the mattress as Even settles over him.] I need the money.
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Moments
FanfictionWhat started out as random moments between Isak, Even, and their friends post season 3, morphed into a loose mini-season between S3 and S4. I attempted to fill in a few blanks, especially where Even is concerned. Also posted to AO3 and Tumblr under...
