16 for Spotify drabbles!
( writing a drabble for the climb by miley cyrus after whooping 165k out of nowhere for a fic titled after it feels so contradictory and silly )
16 -> "the climb" , miley cyrus ! -> solangelo ft. will dealing with rsd over mortal high-school
- - lost with no direction , my faith is shaking - -
“do you think she’ll think i’m dumb?” will mumbles against his chest for the umpteenth time.
nico almost wants to roll his eyes. of course, he doesn’t, because he’s not actually annoyed at the other for asking, and also because, if the blonde went to see him pretend to be upset at him, he would easily spiral further down, and that’s precisely what he’s trying to avoid.
“of course she won’t, sunshine,” he promises at the same time he presses a kiss to the top of will’s head. the other just clings closer to his shirt.
he has lost count of how long they’ve spent cuddling. they’re at his cabin, as per usual, laying on his bed with will wrapped around his side. nico has been playing with his hair, trying to distract him and calm him down. will hasn’t cried —something he isn’t sure is positive, seeing his boyfriend’s tendency to bottle stuff up—, but he’s still clearly distressed. nico wouldn’t put it past them to spend the whole day like that, and as much as he doesn’t mind having will spend the night for cuddles, he hates that there’s a bad reason for it.
“i wanna quit,” will claims at some point.
nico frowns, moving them slightly until he can see will eye to eye rather than stare at him from above, and speaks: “no, you don’t.”
“i’ve her class every day, nico. i don’t want her to make fun of me…”
“will, your teacher won’t make fun of you.” nico holds the blonde’s face within his head and uses his thumbs to caress his freckled cheeks. “you’re working so hard, love, and you and i both know you’re too in love with medicine to quit high school on your last year.”
“i don’t know, i just think i should’ve enrolled…” will shrugs. “i made chiron do all that paperwork and i’m not even sure i’ll get anywhere, and i’m clearly not good enough for it.”
“will…”
“i’ll drop out and start nursing full-time again, and…”
“you won’t.”
“i’ll have mom go there and tell the teachers something, and…”
“sunshine, are you listening?” will shake his head no before burying it against nico’s chest. well, the boy thinks as he hugs closer to will and starts drawing circles over his back, at least he’s honest. “you deserve to go to high-school. you wanted to do it, and i’m sure you still really want to.”
“but…”
“just because you replied to something wrong does it mean your teacher will think you’re dumb. you’re the furthest thing from dumb. i’m surprised none of your teachers has asked you if you’re gifted or something.”
“but i keep getting answers wrong, all the time.”
“you got three answers wrong in a whole term. i bet your classmates wish that for themselves,” nico jokes. “i promise you your teacher doesn’t think less of you at all. understood?”
will nods, but doesn't move his head from where it rests against nico’s black shirt. his voice comes muffled once he talks again.
“can you still hug me, please?” he asks, even if they’re still wrapped around each other.
nico just smiled and nods.
“of course i can, sunshine.”













