Sparia one-shots

Midnight snack? (A)

Spencer shifts in her bed uncomfortably, waiting on a text or hell, even a text at this point, from her girlfriend. Aria always called at night, no matter what time or how tired she was she always called. Sometimes the calls only last for a couple of minutes before Spencer hears Aria's breathing even out as she falls asleep on the other side of the phone and she just sits and listens to her breathing, letting it lull her to sleep gently but not tonight. Aria  still hasn't called and it is already past midnight, much too late for Aria, who sets herself strict bedtimes so when she wakes up it is actually still morning because without it she would be watching DIY fashion YouTube videos until the early hours and then not wake up until 2 PM the next day. She is always asleep for eleven at the latest. 

Spencer turns over for what feels like the hundredth time and stares at the harsh red numbers on her digital clock, entranced as she watches them change systematically. She barely blinks, her eyes feeling like the Sahara desert when she snaps herself out of her one-sided staring competition. 

She sighs harshly as she rolls onto her back again and checks her phone again. Still nothing. She finally gives in and calls Aria, she hadn't wanted to because she didn't want to be really clingy, her jealousy has caused some issues in their relationship in the past so she didn't want to seem to be controlling. 

The phone beeps in her ear, each second that passes by seems like a year and then finally...

"Hey!"

"Aria, I've been tryi-" She gets cut off.

"I can't answer right now but leave a message!" Spencer feels the worry hit her like a truck as it goes to voicemail, but it did ring so maybe she did just fall asleep. She doesn't leave a voicemail but she does flick to her text thread with Aria and send her a quick message telling her that she loves her. Once she had done that she decided to flick back through the pictures they had sent each other, skipping over the more scandalous ones and finding the cute bed selfies that Aria always took when she was half-asleep and proving to Spencer that she can wake up early too, even if she falls back asleep right after the photo is sent. 

Her fingers keep scrolling until she finds the video she has been searching for and she presses play. Aria's sweet voice immediately plays through the speakers quietly,

"Hey Babe, I know you're stressed with your exam coming up but I just wanted to say I love you so. so much and good luck. Hurry back once you're done, I miss my teddy bear." 

Spencer can't help but smile at the video, much like how she couldn't when she first received the video before her big exam in Russian-literature. Everyone knew that Spencer would pass with flying colours anyway but she still insisted that it was that video that made her pass. 

Spencer replayed the video a couple of times and chuckled each time Aria called her 'teddy bear' because it reminds her of how her girlfriend clings onto her whenever they share a bed. It's almost as if they are attracted like magnets because they can fall asleep on opposite sides of the bed and she will still wake up with Aria on top of her with her arms and legs wrapped tightly around her while her face is buried in the taller girl's neck. After the forth time of replaying it she decides to simply stare at a few more photos and clicks back off the video. As she is about to click on another selfie of Aria's she is startled by a light tapping against her window. She ignores it at first thinking that she had simply misheard but after the sixth tap she finally gets up and creeps over to her window. 

She squints in the darkness until she makes out a figure standing on her driveway looking up at her. It takes a few moments but she quickly recognises the silhouette as her girlfriend. Spencer immediately flicks the catch open on her window and pushes it outwards.