Jim Moriarty x Reader 2

Chapter 65

Alex's POV:

After sleeping an entire day and night, Alex woke up bright and early in the morning. Marcus was asleep sitting upright in a chair across the room, and Alex slowly sat up. He felt weak, but not as immobile as before. He looked around, thinking a moment, before smiling and picking up a pillow.

.... then throwing it at Marcus's head.

Marcus snorted awake in shock, deflecting the pillow away with some sort of panicked karate routine. Alex burst out laughing, falling over back onto the bed, finding himself too weak to keep himself up while laughing so hard. Marcus ended up laughing as well, once he'd realized what happened. So, he threw the pillow back at Alex.

"Oi!!!! I thought you were supposed to be half dead!!!" Marcus laughed, getting up. Alex smiled, bringing himself to sit up again. He was INCREDIBLY dizzy but he was so glad to see Marcus again. Instead of... waking up to his dad's deceptively calm voice lacing his terrifying words and threats...

"USED to be half dead— now I'm only like. .... a quarter dead." Alex replied with a grin, sitting criss cross. Marcus smiled and hopped on his bed to sit with him.

"So. You haven't been having nightmares. That's really good!! Sleeping a lot better, and god knows longer-" Marcus teased with a grin, Alex playfully punched him in the arm with a smile.

"Hey! I can't help I'm tired! But no, no nightmares.. guess I'm too tired for that. I'm sure they'll come back after a while."

"What's that attitude??! You got thisssss. No nightmares, no other Alex; all's good!!" Marcus stated optimistically, obviously trying to boost Alex's confidence in himself.

"Thanks Marcus... you're a really good friend." Alex said happily, strange enough he saw his friends' expression flicker- Alex's eyebrows drew together in immediate concern, sensing something deeply wrong with Marcus although his smile still remained.

"Marcus, what's wrong?"

"What?? Nothing! Sorry I was just thinking, don't read so much into things." Marcus grinned, although Alex kept his expression covered with concern as he stared at Marcus silently until he'd tell him the truth. Marcus resisted at first, however eventually he sighed and laughed.

"Do you like?? Have a reading emotions power too??? A sixth sense, of sorts?? Because you seem impossibly good at it." Marcus grinned, raising an eyebrow. Alex kept his expression the same.

"... don't change the subject Marcus."

"... Alex, it's alright. I don't want to talk about it right now, okay..?" Marcus said, finally losing his grin to look at Alex with a sincere expression. Alex swallowed, then slowly nodded in agreement. Well, at least Marcus seemed to open up a little... but he worried Alex, a lot actually. Marcus did so much for him- including stay awake countless nights to text or talk to Alex when he had insomnia. Not to mention the fact Marcus brushed everything off with a grin- even physical torture. He was strong like Jim, in that way.. just. A lot more compassionate and caring. Like y/n. Hah. Wouldn't it be funny if- .. hahah, no way.

Marcus shifted his weight, breaking Alex out of his thoughts.

"Um.. anyways. OH!!! So. Things have been escalating between Ty and William. I highkey ship them." Marcus laughed, Alex scrunched his nose.

"Ewww. That's my brother."

"But they're soooo cute together!!! They're all the jazz right now!!!" Marcus laughed, and Alex scrunched his nose more.

"Ewwwwwwwwww I'm gonna barf." He replies, Marcus laughed more in response. Alex couldn't help but crack a smile; Marcus always had such a contagious laugh. Regardless, he couldn't care less about his brother's love life- unless it was with tea. Now that was a love story to grasp anyone's attention.

"Fine, Fine. OH!!! Jim!! DID YOU KNOW he's going to tell Ty to get William a cat?? He's going to LOVE it!!! Jim would do it himself I'm sure, but he has to at least try to uphold his position as 'BossMan Almighty™'. And besides, I'm pretty sure jim kind of just hates animals of all sorts- although William needs a cat. We all know that." Marcus laughed, and Alex thought for a moment then slowly nodded.

".... I'm pretty sure William secretly has a closet full of cats at this point, he's just too prideful to tell anyone. He has to uphold his position as 'Manly Man Grump Gay Best Friend Who is Too Good For Emotions™' somehow." Alex grinned. Marcus shivered at the words.

"That was so accurate if gave me goosebumps."

"No it did not!!!!!"

"Yes it did!!!! Look at my arm!!!!" Marcus laughed, causing Alex to laugh as well.

"Hah..... I missed you a lot, Marcus. I'm so glad we're together again, you're my bestest friend ever." Alex stated factually, smiling at him happily. There went Marcus's expression again- Alex could practically sense a tinge of pain emanating from Marcus's heart, although his expression hardly wavered. Something was wrong... really, really wrong.