Jim Moriarty x Reader

Chapter 69 (🌚)

(Author's note: excuse my immaturity with the title I'm so sorry)

Jim's POV:

Jim guided Alex hurriedly through the vents to where the bomb was apparently being stashed. Once it was found, jim attempted trying to guide Alex through how to dewire it, as it slowly beeped down to its detonation time.

"Alex, calm down. You're doing fine, stop stressing." Jim called calmly up to the vents, desperately needing Alex to calm down before he tried to do anything. The kid was having a panic attack and second guessing every move he made. Now they were desperately running out of time..

William came back, dragging Harvey along behind him, before practically shoving his dad below the vent Alex was in.

"You've been out of his life long enough, now you're the only one who'll be able to help him. Do something." William snapped at Harvey, seeming extremely stressed and... well. Pissed. As if expecting his dad to just walk out again at any moment, sick and tired of taking care of Alex after like... the one hour they've been together. Jim didn't blame him. That's how he taught William. Don't trust or rely on anyone and you won't get hurt. Harvey just sighed, then looked up at the vent silent,y a moment. Jim drummed his fingers anxiously. They had seconds left.

"Alex, I don't know how well you can hear me.... but it'll be alright. ..... no matter what happens, I'm not leaving you. I'm so proud of who you're becoming.... and I hope we can spend more time together." Harvey called in a calm, loving voice up to Alex. There was silence from Alex's end, except the dull beeping sounding from the bomb. After a few moments of quiet, the beeping suddenly stopped. Jim completely tensed up, squeezing his eyes shut in expectance of the bomb to detonate. ........ but there was nothing.

Jim slowly opened his eyes again. William and Harvey seemed just as confused as he did, although Jim clued in a lot faster than the other two. There, behind them, stood a grinning Alex.

".... I did it dad." Alex states, Harvey turned to him quickly, his expression clearly showing relief and overwhelming fondness and proudness of his son. Jim watched in silence as Harvey embraced the boy, before catching the smallest hint of a smile on William's face as well. William obviously wanted a dad.... he'd just gone so long without one, he was never one to welcome change. Soon enough jim knew Harvey would get to William, and they'd be united as a family again. ..... Jim's as happy for them, he was. ..... but he also knew that would pretty much take himself completely out of the picture. ....

.... hence jim separated them in the first place. ....

... hopefully they'd all stick around long enough to help him figure out what was going on at least. Oh... y/n must be wondering what was going on. Jim sighed, going off to find you. Normally he had a lot going on in his mind, clever scenarios to figure out, fun little witty comebacks, and predictions about every single thing to happen next. But lately... jim was just exhausted. He just needed rest, and some time to figure things out. But now..... now he was busy every second of every day, stress piling up more and more forcing him to keep his composure 24/7 with no slip ups, knowing every single move he does is being watched...... and any free time that he happens to get, is spent thinking about you....

... thinking about you, the things you do, your reactions and expressions.... the cute/confused face you make when you try to read jim... heh. ... because of you, jim had no time to relax. He was always thinking of things about you, how you were raised, why you stuck around, how to one up you so bad you made that funny pouty face, hah hah. ...... damnit. Get your head in the game, jim.

Jim tracked you down, smiling calmly.

"Hello again my dear~ good news, the bomb didn't go off~~ you get to put up with me for much, much longer." Jim quipped with a smile, cherishing your frustrated expression.

"Jim, I just.... need some space." You stated, causing Jim's smile to widen although he secretly felt the slightest pang of hurt in his chest.

"Ohoho I'm too much for you, am I~? You're making me blush~"

"Jim, stop it. For once in your life, take something seriously."

Jim stared at you silently a moment, before finally just sighing. You were no fun right now..

"Alright. .... don't leave the building. If anything seems abnormal, let me know right away." Jim stated expertly, as if gone into 'robot mode', reading from a transcript. You didn't seem to recognize that whenever jim did that, he was actually hurting somewhere inside~ which was good. Jim wouldn't let it be known. He simply wanted to be known as the guy who has mood swings left and right, so therefore that's what he did.

Your POV:

You watched jim in silence as he walked away, leaving you behind. ... as you asked. You didn't really want to be alone.... you were just frustrated with the whole situation.... and the fact that your phone was buzzing repeatedly in your pocket. .... funny. This person only texted when jim wasn't with you. Ugh... this was so confusing and frustrating. Did Jim get lonely....? Maybe he was doing this because he wanted someone to pay attention to him....? Maybe he came in here because he was lonely but when you asked him to leave he decided to text you instead through the 'unknown' number.... maybe all of this, including the tests and everything, was really just a cry for help... jim just desperately wanted attention, wanted a friend....

.... but if that was the case.... that was horrible. ... William and Alex would NOT take the news well... they'd probably try to kill him for putting them through all this. .... my god. It better not be jim doing all this.... if that's the case...... that means... jim hurt Alex... .... and shot you.... oh god.

You suddenly felt like you were going to throw up.

Authors note:

Hey guys!! Sorry, this chapter is very lazy!! I'm in my relaxation vacation mode, so therefore I couldn't really get into character for jim 😅 welp. Have a very overly sentimental and philosophic jim LOL.  BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE!!! It's a very long chapter to make up for the fact I haven't been writing often :) hope you enjoyed!