Solangelo One-Shots

There For You

Nico found Will crying. Crying was usually his thing, so for a second Nico just stood in the doorway, unsure of what to do. He closed the door behind him quietly. Will hadn't noticed him yet, and Nico still didn't know if he should disturb him or not. All he knew was that he couldn't just leave Will like this.

Nico remembered all the times Will had helped him through things like this when the situations had been reversed. He doubted he'd be as good at comforting as Will always was, but this was his boyfriend and Nico had to try his best.

Will was facing away from him, curled up on a bed and hugging a pillow, facing the wall. Nico walked over to him, hesitating for less than a second before gently putting a hand on his shoulder. Will didn't flinch or move away from the touch, which Nico took as a good sign and he said, "Hey Sunshine."

The sound Will made then could've been either a laugh or another sob, Nico couldn't tell. Gods, he had no idea what to do.

Nico took his hand away from Will's shoulder and sat down next to him, "Um...keep crying as long as you need to, I'm just going to sit with you if that's okay. I don't know, I just don't want you to feel alone, I guess...unless you want to be alone, in which case I completely understand -"

"Stay." Will's voice was quiet and it cracked as he interrupted Nico's rambling.

And so Nico stayed. He stayed even though he didn't know what else to do. He stayed even though it terrified him to see Will like this - the one who was always so strong and optimistic brought to uncontrollable tears for a reason unknown to Nico. He stayed until Will's breathing slowed and sobs subsided.

Will sat up finally and dropped his pillow, wrapping his arms around Nico instead and pulling him onto his lap as he hugged him tight, like he still needed something to hold on to.
"Thank you," Will whispered.

Nico hadn't thought he'd helped at all, he'd been quiet and a bit anxious the whole time. But Will wasn't crying anymore, and Will was holding him, and everything was okay now. Nico said, "I'm sorry if I wasn't much help."

Will shook his head, "You were there. You are here. That's enough."

There was so much Nico wanted to say then. He wanted to tell Will that for all the times Will had been there for him, sitting with Will now was the least Nico could do. He wanted to make sure Will knew that he would always be there for him. He wanted to promise that he'd get better at helping and comforting if Will needed it. But he couldn't find the words. Instead he just leaned back against Will's chest, hoping their closeness spoke for him.

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