Next day Daniel slowly wakes up to the feel of fingers gently running through his hair, oh right— he thinks. Waking up against Jasper's chest Daniel doesn't move for a minute, has he ever woken up like this? Someone being so gentle and loving, Jasper touched him like he wanted to. Daniel isn't sure what possessed him to lay on the boy last night, maybe this was his way of keeping Jasper here, maybe he really needed this, one night where he's not completely alone staring at darkness unable to sleep. Whatever it is, Daniel's sure this was much better.
With Daniel's head turned away Jasper can't tell he's awake, but he's laying very still to not wake him up. He plays with the boy's hair and strokes his back, in the midst of his sleep Daniel wrapped an arm around Jasper's waist getting more comfortable as he cuddled the boy.
When he's ready to "wake up" Daniel tighten his hold around Jasper, the boy immediately stops touching his hair
"Hey," Daniel hears Jasper greet softly
Lifting his head he turns to Jasper and replies, "hey." Then he asks, "have you been up long?" "Not really," Jasper lies it's almost afternoon and he's an early riser
"What time is it?"
"I think it's noon now," he answers shocking Daniel
"Shit sorry didn't mean to sleep that long," he starts to get off Jasper
"No it's ok," Jasper pulls him back, "you said you were tired so I didn't mind letting you sleep." Laying his head back on Jasper's chest, Daniel looks over at his window as the morning sun tries so
hard to peek through his dark curtains.
Daniel keeps the room dark hoping it'll help him sleep but it never does, nothing helps him sleep."This is the longest I've slept," he admits
knowing it's because Jasper's here, maybe his life was a shit show he couldn't share with the boy but Jasper was still there for him, how could he not appreciate that?
"Are you hungry? I could go get us something to eat," Daniel turns to look at Jasper "Sure," he nods
Getting off the bed Daniel puts his shoes on, turning to Jasper who's still laying in his bed he asks, "you'll still be here when I get back, right?"
Smiling Jasper replies, "I'm not going anywhere."
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After 10 weeks in the brace, Jasper finally gets to take it off for good, his leg's all better so he doesn't need it anymore.
Monday during school Jasper is sitting in the courtyard having lunch with his friends, as they're eating and not paying attention to him
Jasper takes it as the perfect opportunity to say, "Daniel and I have been sleeping together." They both look up at him simultaneously, all Pete can muster out is, "what?"
"Are you joking?" Jasper shakes his head, "you're having sex with Daniel Atkinson?!" She practically
screams the question
"What no!" Jasper quickly denies, "I said sleeping as in we're just sleeping... but it's in the same bed" "That's somehow even weirder than you actually sleeping with him,"
"How long has this been going on?" Savannah asks
An