#nightvisting

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Class appreciation day 4/8 Favourite episode: Nightvisting

‘Souls give off energy. A perpetually renewing power source. It is mutually beneficial. The more souls that gather together, the more energy the Lan Kin have.’

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You posted it a while ago but a Cuddling prompt with 27. First cuddle? With Charlie and Matteusz? I need them to be cute

"Do you want to lie with me?" aka part 5 of ‘In any other words’ 

I realize this isn’t the first cuddle but hopefully the forehead kisses make up for that. :) 

Matteusz hadn't picked up his phone. He hadn't thought to pick up anything other than his coat. Which wouldn't had been a problem if he was going back home.

He wasn't going back home.

Matteusz still had his now-useless house keys that weighed down his pocket. He held them tightly in his fist - too tightly, the house key was starting to cut into his hand. Matteusz chucked it onto the floor, which didn't make him feel as better as he had hoped.

He picked the keys back up again. He'd need it to collect his things when his parents were out. It was horrible to think about but was only half the reason he was falling apart. The other half was too awful to process.

He hadn't imagined his father would actually kick him out. They fought a lot between the angry silences that said too much. Matteusz couldn't stop being gay and his father wouldn't change his mind on it. Charlie had been the straw that broke his back.

Matteusz didn't have anywhere to go. He wandered the streets for a few minutes, even though there was only one place he could go. He had no family other than his cousin. Adam lived on the other side of London, which required a phone to call ahead and a wallet to pay for a taxi. Matteusz had neither.

He was stood in front of Charlie's front door. He'd been to the house before, usually as a refuge when things got too bad at home.

Things were the worst they could be. He knocked on the door, which was answered by a grumbling Miss Quill, who made a big show of sighing when they made eye contact.

"Alien invasion or teen angst?" She asked dryly.

"Teen angst is a pejorative phrase," he replied.

Miss Quill remained unimpressed. "He's upstairs."

Matteusz usually tried to make some kind of small talk with his teacher but he didn't even try. He was too exhausted, too drained. Miss Quill seemed relived as she disappeared back into the living room, muttering about hiring someone to open the door.

He didn't bother knocking and just pushed open the door to Charlie's bedroom. He'd been in there plenty of times before.

Charlie stood up from the desk and stepped closer. His expression must have given away how upset Matteusz was because Charlie's first words to him were. "What's wrong?"

"They've thrown me out."

Charlie stepped closer, looking a mix of horrified and sympathetic. "That's... that's not fair."

Matteusz sat at the end of the bed. He'd been walking for over an hour in the freezing cold. He needed to sit down. "I know. I knew that they hated me but I didn't think this... I had hoped they would at least look out for me a little."

"Hey," Charlie said. He sat at the edge of the bed and put his arm around him. Usually he didn't initiate the contact but he could clearly tell it was needed. "You're safe here. With me. I promise."

"I didn't bring anything. I left it all behind."

"We can sort that tomorrow. Quill will break in if necessary. It's not the most important thing right now."

"It feels like my world is ending," Matteusz whispered. Charlie paused for a minute and then went back to tracing patterns on his back. It was slightly relaxing but Matteusz was still anxious. The future had never felt so uncertain.

"Umm, would it-" Charlie seemed nervous. "Would it help if... Do you want to lie with me?" He seemed embarrassed about asking it, a gentle flush was forming across his cheeks. "I've found it helped a lot in the past when I'm upset."

"Yeah."

The lay down together, which was mostly awkward until Charlie pulled him onto his chest with unexpected strength and started to play with his hair. Matteusz relaxed a little. Charlie's chest made a soft pillow and his boyfriend smelt nice. (Like the laundry section of a super market if someone had spilt tea there. Which didn't seem as appealing as it was. Basically Charlie smelt like vanilla and tea. It was nice. He was weird.)

"I promise you that you're safe here with me," Charlie told him. He kissed the top of matteusz' head. "I promise, I promise, I promise."

I love you, Matteusz thought, completely unsurprised it had popped into his head. It was the first time but it was so obvious he was surprised he hadn't realised before.

The real question was: did Charlie have love where he was from?

Then Charlie pressed another kiss on his temple and Matteusz decided he must have a little love in him.

I love you, he thought again.

"Thank you," he said out loud.

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