Human au

Warnings: nah just fluff

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Virgil shifts his body for the billionth time that evening, continuing his desperate search for a position that is comfortable enough. He's been tossing and turning for hours now, mostly staring at the ceiling and hoping that he'd fall asleep if he just stayed still for long enough. It had not worked so far and it was nearing four in the morning according to Logan's alarm clock on his nightstand that Virgil now and then peered at.

He'd been in bed since 10pm. If the two of them didn't have a week off work right now then Virgil would be considerably more stressed about this. Now he was mostly annoyed.

Virgil bit back a sigh, rolling over onto his side, eyes falling on his husband. Logan had fallen asleep almost as soon as they went to bed, abandoning Virgil to this boredom of not being able to sleep. Virgil carefully put his arm around Logan's middle, inching close enough for his chest to be pressed against Logan's arm. He brushed a kiss to Logan's shoulder, watching his chest slowly rising and falling with every breath.

Virgil would love some actual company but he didn't want to wake Logan up. His husband enjoyed getting his eight hours (or more) of sleep and Virgil didn't want to be a bother. Even if he knew Logan wouldn't think of him as such.

Virgil closed his eyes, trying to match his own breathing to Logan's, hoping that if he pretended to sleep then he'd eventually actually fall asleep.

Ten minutes later he opened his eyes again and sighed into the sleeve of Logan's sleep shirt. That was not working out for him. The bed was comfortable, sure, but he was not tired in the least. He should be, but he wasn't. He was not anxious or anything. Just not tired.

Virgil rolled onto his back again, letting go of Logan and instead fumbling from his phone. He didn't really feel like going onto Tumblr or Instagram, he'd already spent a good three and a half hours on social media to pass the time and it was not entertaining anymore.

Boring. Everything was boring. And he couldn't do anything that made sounds because he didn't want to wake Logan, which ruled out Youtube or Netflix since he had left his headphones in the living room. Virgil stuck his tongue out at the ceiling, as if the universe was a sentient being and would take pity on him and grant him sleep if he showed his annoyance.

Sadly, that was not how things worked.

Virgil sat up and set his feet to the floor, then standing up, moving slowly and carefully and luckily Logan was still fast asleep as Virgil tiptoed out of their bedroom.

It was December and he used that as a reason to sleep in a hoodie (plus a pair of boxers of course) even though it wasn't even cold. Florida, it didn't really ever get cold. That wasn't stopping Virgil from always being dressed in a hoodie and sometimes sleeping in one of Logan's old hoodies.

Virgil settled down on the couch in their apartments living room, turning the tv on and for once being thankful that Logan always lowered the sound really low after they finished watching tv in the evenings, it was keeping him from being jumpscared right now as the tv started playing on the channel it was last seen on.

Virgil cringed as the news were being read, not knowing what they were talking about, but the news were almost always bad and Virgil therefore never watched them.

He connected his phone with the chromecast their tv had, quickly finding a fun enough youtube video to watch. He settled back against the couch cushions, getting comfortable as the first of Dan and Phil's playing the Impossible Quiz started. It was his go to series when he had nothing better to watch.

Virgil added the rest of the parts to the queue, thinking that if he wasn't going to get any sleep he might as well watch all the videos. He spent the next half an hour like that, playing a game on his phone simultaneously just to make the time pass a little quicker.

Then he heard quiet steps and how the threshold to the living room creaked lightly under Logan's feet (who else could it be). He doesn't bother looking up, instead just grabbing his phone and pausing the video that's playing on the tv.

"Virgil, my love," Virgil heard Logan's quiet voice through the room, and he smiled, raising an arm up and gesturing for Logan to come sit with him, "what are you doing up at this hour?"

Logan had crossed the room while speaking and now he sat down next to Virgil, pulling his feet up from the floor and cuddling up into Virgil's side. Virgil put his arm around his shoulders, pressing a kiss to Logan's hair.

"Couldn't sleep, got restless lying in bed." Virgil murmured, leaning his head on Logan's. Logan let out a tired hum and Virgil knew that his husband would be falling back asleep at any moment. He sighed softly, smiling as one of Logan's hands found his.

"Any particular reason as to why sleep is avoiding you?" Logan asked, which Virgil knew was an invitation for him to share with Logan if he was anxious or worried over something. Which thankfully wasn't the case this time.

"Nah, not really. Just seems like I stopped being tired as soon as I laid down in bed and then I was just lying there and staring at the ceiling or my phone for hours. Thought that I might as well watch something on youtube to pass the time." Virgil closed his eyes, taking a few seconds to just enjoy the moment, how quiet the world around them was at this time of the day and how Logan is curled up with him.

"Why aren't you still asleep?" Virgil asked, easily being able to tell that Logan was near half asleep right now and he probably hadn't been happy to leave bed.

"Was reaching for you and you weren't there. Had to make sure you were okay." Logan said, yawning, which made his nose scrunch up in that adorable way. Virgil felt slightly guilty to hear Logan say that, he hadn't wanted to wake nor worry him.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't want to wake you." Virgil said and yawned he too, far too happy to realize that he was actually starting to feel a bit tired.

"Come back to bed, love. Please." Logan said, turning his head and pressing a sleepy kiss to Virgil's jaw. Well, Virgil couldn't bring himself to say no to that, not when Logan was being so persuasive.

"Alright. I think I might be able to sleep now anyway." Virgil said, really hoping that he would indeed fall asleep. He needed the rest. It wasn't as if they had any early plans for tomorrow but they were going out on a sort of brunch date together, as they always did the day before Christmas. It was their little tradition ever since they first started going out together, which was in the beginning of December nine years ago.

"Good." Logan said, making no attempt to get up, not even raising his head from where it was resting on Virgil's shoulder.

"Are you going to get up then?" Virgil asked, loosening his grip around Logan's shoulders and laughing when Logan mumbled something but didn't move. Virgil was for the billionth time faced with the realization of how utterly adorable his husband was when he was half asleep. He reached for the remote and turned the tv off since they weren't going to be using it more now.

"Alright, come here." He said, letting go of Logan and standing up, grabbing Logan's hands and pulling him up. Logan stood up with a tired sigh, then refusing to let go of Virgil's hands as they made their way back to their bedroom.

Then he was pulled into bed, Logan having cuddled up to him once again and closed his eyes with a small, satisfied smile. Virgil smiled and grabbed the covers, pulling them over the both of them. He felt Logan's fingers curl around his hand, and when he turned his face towards Logan he got a small kiss pressed to his forehead.

"Get some rest now, Verge, you need it." He mumbled.

"Will do." Virgil said, and his husband had fallen back asleep within minutes. Thankfully Virgil was soon to follow this time.

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Written: 29th, 30th, 31st August 2019
Published: 13th November 2019
Words: 1503

I yawned three times while writing that they were yawning :/

My mental health is trash lmao I hate school I just wanna write but all my motivation is dying and I'm stressed and everything sucks 😒

Am likely cutting my hair this weekend tho!!!

And am gonna have a sleepover with a friend