Jim Moriarty x Reader

Chapter 78

When you awoke, you realized that at some point in the night you had rolled over, and were currently pressed against Jim's chest, his arms loosely around you. You immediately felt yourself blush, and completely freeze up as to what to do next. If you moved, breathed, shifted or anything, you would wake him, and he would probably be pretty upset that you practically forced him into this position. .... but you had to do something......

.... then again, if he was going to be mad anyways, you might as well just enjoy it while you can. ...

You closed your eyes and smiled, silently basking in his unconscious affection. You wanted to be mad at jim still... and maybe part of you was. But no matter how mad you were, you could never hate him... you loved him too much.

After a few moments, jim finally began to wake up. Well.. began to is not really a strong enough word. He kind of jumped awake, even more so at seeing you. He looked at you silently a moment, seeming confused as ever, before simply getting up and walking out of the room. You cursed to yourself, quickly jumping out of bed (dully noting you were now completely healed), and quickly changed out of your old bloody clothes. Then you exited the room in a slight panic to find jim- partly because you were scared of him doing something else insane, and partly because you were scared he was pissed at you.

You found him in his office of course, silently sipping tea.

".... jim?" You asked, carefully entering the room. He looked up st you, and calmly smiled.

"Oh, y/n~ how are you feeling?" He asked cheerily, back to his normal self. Good. You were so, so glad. Quiet and sad jim was worrying you. It did make sense to think jim had a split personality, though... or even multiple, at this rate. The teasing, careless and confident jim (that was also prone to shout at unforeseen times); the quiet and sad jim; and the dangerous, evil, manipulative scary jim that tries to kill everyone.

"I'm— feeling well. ...? How are- you- feeling—?" You asked, trying to determine what he was feeling. When he was like this, it was almost impossible again. Jim shrugged in response, still smiling.

"Fine. Have you seen Willy boy yet today~? I need to talk to him."

"Me too.. I have. A LOT. Of questions. ... but no, I haven't seen him." You replied, looking at jim quizzically. Hm. Jim hasn't seen William? Then who got him tea? Jim seemed to catch your gaze, and chuckled.

"Oh calm down, I made it myself. Decided Willy boy needed the morning off, after what I put him through yesterday~." Jim said casually. You felt your eyes widen slightly. Did Jim just confess?? Well, it's not really a direct confession, since he doesn't necessarily remember doing it. He seems to have accepted it and moved on though, which was.. good, in some ways.

"Good.. I'm glad. He seemed pretty tired last night, same with Alex. Do you know what happened, by the way..?" You ask, taking a seat on Jim's desk. And, as always, he put up with it. The next few minutes were used by jim explaining to you that Alex had super blood that could heal himself and others. You stared at him dumbfounded after the explanation.

"That. Makes SO much sense now. But... where do you think the line starts and stops?? Do you think he can die? Do you think he can heal someone who IS dead??" You ask, lost in thought. Jim just shrugged.

"Well my dear, he healed you. But I know what you mean, someone who's dead for hours, maybe even days. It's definitely a possibility." Jim smiled, crossing his arms. You grinned, ecstatic that everything was working out. Alex and William had their dad back, you more or less had jim... and so far, no one had died. .

Minutes later, William came skidding into the room in a panic again.

"Sorry I'm late—!!!" He breathed, as if he just ran all the way from the other side of the building. Which.. he probably had, haha. Jim chuckled.

"No worries Willy boy~ you have the morning off."

".... Jesus jim, some sort of heads up would have been nice. I just had a bloody panic attack." William mumbled, straightening his tie and brushing off his suit. You couldn't help but laugh at how disheveled he was compared to normal. And how grumpy he was in the mornings. Hah.

"Where's Alex? I never got to thank him." You smiled at William, who just shrugged.

"Off with d- Harvey, I guess." He replied. You bit your lip and looked at jim, suppressing one of the biggest grins you've ever had. Jim smiled in response. William seemed to catch on.

"... no. You did not hear that. .... no."

"You almost called him dad!!!!!!! William your daddy issues are healing!!!" you grinned happily, causing him to facepalm and just quickly leave the room. You continued smiling upon him leaving. You were so, so happy that William was calming down about having Harvey there.

Minutes later, Alex hopped into the room with Harvey, looking chipper as ever.

"Hello y/n!! Did you sleep??" He asked happily, and you blushed slightly at remembering. ... hah.

"Yes, I did..." you smiled, getting off Jim's desk and just pulling the boy into your arms.

"... and I wanted to thank you, Alex. You're so amazing.." you whispered gratefully, and he hugged you back. When you pulled away, you patted his head, then resumed to reclaim your spot on Jim's desk. You looked over at jim just to catch the remaining fragments of a smile directed at the kid. It was a genuine, extremely thankful smile. One representing that Alex pretty much saved his life. it was vague and low key, but it warmed your heart to know that jim did seem to genuinely care about others...