Jon had knew the moment that Damian pulled out the DVD disc for the babadook , that he would not be able to sleep that night. Of course, he wasn't going to tell Damian about his fear of scary movies, due to the fact that he wanted to impress him.
30 minutes into the movie, Jon was trying desperately to show that he wasn't that scared. Yet as soon as a demon voice was heard, he couldn't help but jump.
Damian on the other hand was 100% unamused. He knew everything in that movie was fake. He began to grow bored of the movie and let out a yawn, turning all of his attention towards Jon, finding the boy's reaction to the movie far more interesting.
Another hour had passed, Jon was now biting his thumbs, in hopes that it would hide his screams. He no longer wanted to watch this movie.
"We should head to sleep." Damian yawned.
Jon sighed in relief. His prayers had finally been answered.
"I guess." Jon responded.
Both boys had began to walk up the stairs into Jon's room.
"I'll sleep on the floor tonight." Damian suggested.
"No, it's fine I'll sleep on the floor." Jon said, wanting Damian to be as comfortable as possible in his home.
"Are you sure? I always sleep on the floor. I've gotten quite used to it" Damian spoke truthfully. Believe it or not, Jon Kent's bedroom floor was surprisingly comfortable.
"It's fine." Jon confirmed.
Damian climbed into Jon's bed while Jon made a bed on the floor. As soon as Damian saw that Jon had finished making the bed, he turned off the lights.
"Night dami." Jon yawned.
Damian clicked his tongue in response.
After a while, It seemed as if both boys were already asleep. Well just one boy was asleep : Damian. Jon, on the other hand couldn't help but look at his closet in fear.
The babadook is not in my closet. It's just a movie. It's just a movie. Jon repeated to himself, in attempt to calm himself down. The reminders would have worked if it hadn't been for the sudden "thump" Jon had heard from his closet.
Jon yelped causing Damian to wake up.
"Huh- what is I?!" Damian yawned. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the frightened young boy beside him.
"It's - something is- the- the closet." Jon panicked.
"What about the closet?" Damian asked, wanting to know what was more frightful about a closet.
"The babadook- its- I think it's in my c- closet." Jon said now covering his entire body in his blanket, in attempt to hide from the so-called monster in his closet.
"You are aware that there is no possible way for a fictional monster, like the babadook, to be in your closet right now," Damian paused to look down at his watch," at 2:35 am." Damian was slightly annoyed; Jon had awoken him from his slumber all because he was "scared".
"B-but I heard a thump come from inside of the closet." Jon mumbled.
"Do I have to get up and show you that there is no attention seeking demon hiding in your room?" Damian spoke in an obvious annoyed way.
He looked up and saw the blankets move up and down signaling that Jon did want him to make sure there was no demon in his closet. Damian sighed and got up from the floor and walked to the closet, Jon peeking through the blanket.
As soon as Damian reached the closet door, he opened it without hesitation. "See Jon I told you there was no- wait!" Damian soon saw a shadow appear from the corner of the closet.
"Oh my god! I told you! We're going to die! I told you there was a demon in my closet and you didn't listen to me! You never listen to me and look now we're going to get killed!" Jon yelled.
Damian moved closer to the shadow and placed his hand forward. The shadow licked his hand and Damian knew who the demon had been.
"You idiot, it's just krypto." Damian said, now patting Krypto's head.
Krypto barked in response.
Jon now took off the blankets from his face and sat up. Krypto jumped on his bed and licked his face.
"What was he doing in my closet?" Jon asked as krypto continued to lick his face.
"Probably demon hunting." Damian said jokingly.
Both Jon and krypto stopped.
"I was joking. He probably might have fell asleep in there while you were looking for what you were going to wear." Damian said.
'Oh', was all jon could say. He was too embarrassed by the fact that he had been scared over a dog in his closet.
"We should probably go back to sleep. It's pretty late." Damian said.
Jon nodded his head and krypto curled up into his right side. Damian moved back to the spot on the floor.
'What if the next time I hear a thump in the closet, It's not krypto? What if it actually is a demon?' Jon thought to himself. He was still scared and before he knew it words were cling out of his mouth.
"Hey, Damian." Jon asked, not knowing what he was going to say next.
"Hmm." Damian responded.
"Do you- Nevermind, just forget it." Jon stopped himself from saying what he truly wanted.
"No tell me. I won't be able to sleep if I don't know what you wanted to say." Damian begged.
"It's just that, I'm still a little shaken up by that movie we watched earlier. Do you think it'd be possible for you to come up here and sleep with me?" Jon asked,covering his face once again.
Jon heard no response. He was sure Damian was preparing his fist so he could punch him. It wasn't until Jon felt someone move into his bed, that he knew that Damian wouldn't be punching him.
Despite their major height difference, Damian moved his arms around the younger boy's body. Jon moved the blankets across both of their body. They both stayed
like that: two boys and a kyrptonian dog,
and the babadook in Jon's closet.
I'm kidding. But hey cheers too an update 1 year later! This was in my draft and I don't really like it but I needed to publish. Please leave recommendations or give me ideas. Thanks for sticking around <3
