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Six Months....(A JessLake Fanfic)

Decided to post this one on here as well as on AO3! Just wanna make sure everyone gets their dose of JessLake :3 I know how hard it is to find fic for them and if you don’t have an AO3 account I still want you to enjoy my fic. So here we go! Disclaimer- this one is a bit...odd. Lake and Jesse have been living together for years but have only been together for six months, so they’re deeply in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. Additionally, this fic is mostly relationship talk and serious times, so what I’m trying to get at is that Lake is not particularly snarky here. I didn’t see them (I HC and write nonbinary Lake btw) putting Jesse in a position to feel awkward when he already was feeling insecure, so I hope that isn’t too disorienting. I hope you guys enjoy! :) Lake had always had trouble focusing in class. Even when they had been a reflection and it didn’t matter if they paid attention or not, they found it almost impossible to focus. They supposed it was just in their nature- they loved wide open spaces, exploring the world for themselves, discovering things on their own. Basically, everything that didn’t involve being trapped inside for eight hours a day and being told what to do by various teachers while they studied a curriculum someone else had chosen for them. It wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t really how they wanted to spend their time. There was a whole world outside of the train Lake still hadn’t seen, and they looked forward to the day they’d graduate and were free to travel to see it for themselves. Until then, though, they were stuck here. Which was part of why it was such a big relief to hear the final bell go off. Finally! “Remember to do the reading for…” their teacher's voice faded behind them on their way out the door and to their locker, where they grabbed the books they’d need for that night- wait, no, it was Friday, so they’d have to pack for the weekend. So their math assignments, history readings- oh, and they had some lab reports to do… “Hey!” Suddenly, Jesse came up from behind and hugged them around the middle, prompting Lake to start a bit in his arms. “Oh- sorry, sorry, I should have warned you.” He gave them an apologetic kiss on the cheek. Lake chuckled as they shut their locker. “S’fine, Jess, I was just making sure I had everything.” They turned around to hug him properly. “How’d your presentation go last period?” They nodded toward the hallway that led to the pool, indicating to Jesse that they’d walk him to practice. Jesse seemed to understand and smiled at them as they both headed towards the pool. “Great! Thanks for helping me practice. I was freaking out so bad when the teacher decided we couldn’t use flash cards- who decides that three days before a presentation, anyway?” He asked, a little exasperated and more than a little relieved the ordeal was over. “Wow, I’m glad I’m not in your class.” Lake would definitely not get along with a teacher like that. “What?” Jesse pouted. “You wound me, dearest! I know I certainly wouldn’t object to sharing more of my day with my lovely partner.” He faked a sad sigh. “I’m so forlorn to know you don’t feel the same.” Lake snorted as they arrived near the locker room, laughing at Jesse’s frankly adorable pout. They stopped a little down the hall from the locker room to give themselves a tiny bit of privacy. “Don’t pout, Casanova.” Lake leaned up on their toes for a kiss, smiling against his lips when Jesse pulled them into an embrace, one hand falling to their waist as the other stroked their hair. Lake had grown it out since the train before shaping it into an undercut. The top of their hair reached just about to their ears, the back and sides buzzed as it had been when they’d first met Jesse. He still seemed fascinated with it, which Lake couldn’t help but feel flattered by. “It’s teachers I don’t like. If I could spend my whole day with you, I would- though I’d much rather spend time outside of school.” “I know, Lake, I was just kidding.” Jesse pressed a kiss to their cheek. “I just….get kinda lonely for you?” He blushed a little, glancing away from Lake shyly. They found this rather adorable as well, and returned the kisses- one to Jesse’s cheek, then the tip of his nose. “I know what you mean,” they admitted, glancing away themselves when Jesse’s gaze shifted back up to regard them. “I feel a little lonely for you too, sometimes, or I wish you were there so I could tell you something, or um, or I’m thinking about you….” They could feel how hot their blush was and they kept their gaze. Lake was sure plenty of guys would have gotten a big head about that last statement, but they also knew Jesse was different. “But, I don’t always worry about that. It sucks when it happens, but….” their hands played with his hair as they spoke, trying to focus a little on something else so they didn’t have to think about how hard their heart was beating. “But I always know we’re gonna find our way back to each other, so, you know….I don’t really worry about it.” Finished, they finally shifted their vision to regard Jesse. His cheeks were flushed, his eyes wide with a sort of wonder and seeming to sparkle with happiness. He was smiling widely and he brought both of his hands up to cradle Lake’s cheeks, drawing them in for a kiss.“Lake….” he said their name like a prayer- though it seemed he was having trouble not smiling. “I, you’re, I just….” he couldn’t string a sentence together but he didn’t need to- they knew he was happy from the way he gave an occasional little bounce. He kissed them quickly again before glancing at the clock, figuring most of the team were getting dressed from the volume of chatter he heard and how they only had a couple minutes before they were supposed to be in the pool. He’d have to be quick, but Jesse had decided Lake was worth it as he pressed himself closer and cradled their head, giving them a long, deep kiss.Lake was lost in Jesse’s happiness and returned his kiss, connecting their open mouths at one point to brush their tongue against Jesse’s. He gave a little moan, one hand running up and down their back as the other slid into their hair, kissing Lake just how he knew they liked to be kissed. His thumb rubbed affectionately at the nape of their neck as his hand pressed them closer, Lake shivering and intertwining their legs with Jesse’s, leaning against the wall behind them. Jesse leaned with them as their tongues brushed together again and again, lips slotting over one another in a cycle as Jesse kissed them with long, slow rolls of his jaw. He was kissing Lake as comfortably as he did at home- which was definitely a mistake, given what happened next. “So, if they stocked the little chip cans in the machine again, we wouldn't have to bring little rubber bands and chip clips to freaking swim practice, dude, that’s my poi-WOAH!” Two of Jesse’s teammates rounded the corner, clearly having stocked up from the vending machines down the hall before practice. Jesse recognized the one who’d spoken as Frank. “Oh, shit!” The shorter of the two, Chaz, was clearly flustered and dropped his snacks- clearly, Jesse and Lake had given them a bit of a show. Lake groaned, covering their flushed face in embarrassment. Jesse released them, putting his hands up for a moment to make it clear that he wasn’t doing anything indecent as he backed up a little, feeling terrible for embarrassing Lake. He didn’t think they’d want to be crowded at the moment though, so he grabbed a bag of cookies that had fallen near his foot and tossed it to his teammate, before giving Lake’s shoulder a little squeeze- an ‘I’m here for you, do you need me’ gesture they’d developed over the course of their relationship. In reply, Lake took his hand and gave it a squeeze.“You’re gonna be late if you hang around here much longer.” They pointed out- and they were right, even if they did want to get out of there as quickly as possible. “I’m gonna go home and hang out with Nate, see you tonight.” They almost kissed him on the cheek as was their customary goodbye, but after accidentally giving Jesse’s friends a glimpse into their life as a couple they just didn’t feel comfortable. Jesse understood, though on the inside, he was pouting. He sighed as Lake walked away, heading into the locker room with his teammates. All three of them moved lightning fast to get into the pool, but Jesse couldn’t ignore the feeling of his teammate’s gaze.All throughout practice he could tell they were talking about him, he even heard a few snickers from behind his back during practice and on his way to the showers. He couldn’t stop thinking about Lake, either- he knew he wanted to make it up to them, even if this wasn’t his fault. Or, really, he wanted to do something to cheer them up and apologize for at least not being a little more careful. Making out in public spaces kind of tended to be less-than-private, duh, Jesse, he scolded himself. He hadn’t intended to go any further than right where they’d been, but even so, they should have waited until they were somewhere more private.He just couldn’t help it, with what they had said. Lake was blunt and honest about their feelings, so it wasn’t like they never said anything nice to him. But even after six months, he wasn’t used to having such insight into their feelings about him. And what they’d said was so sweet, Jesse still felt himself grinning like a goof when he thought about it. He was still just so happy Lake felt the same way about him that he felt about them, even if they’d been dating or a little while. They’d both been circling around ‘I love you’ for about as long as they’d been dating, but neither was ever sure of a good time….maybe today? “Having a good afternoon, Cosay?” Jesse had been happy to drift through his shower on thoughts of his partner, but apparently it wasn’t to be. He felt himself flush under the water as his two teammates chuckled, the one who’d dropped the snacks having asked him the question. “Shut up, Frank.” He rinsed his hair and turned off his shower, heading for his towels and clothes. Chaz was towelling off his hair nearby and straightened up with a malicious grin.“Man, you were really going at it though, weren’t you?” He said, coming over to where Jesse was tugging on his jeans. Jesse buttoned his pants before turning to answer, “Will you cut it out? You saw me kissing my partner, it’s not a big deal or anything.” He rolled his eyes, but Frank came over from the shower to continue his needling. “Holy shit, Jesse, you guys weren’t just kissing. That was tongues and hands and moaning- you gave us a full on glimpse into your bedroom, dude!” He laughed. Jesse paused in putting on his shirt. “That’s-you-what-we did not!” He insisted, tugging on his shirt so he could get out of there as soon as possible. His face was so hot he was starting to feel a little lightheaded- though that could be the irritation, too. “There’s nothing going on in my bedroom, okay, so can we just forget about this?” He tugged on his jacket and grabbed his backpack, unwilling to have his relationship picked apart by two assholes he didn’t know that well. “You’re fucking with us, dude, no way!” Chaz looked astonished. “Lake lives in your house, and you guys have been together for like, twelve years or whatever-” “We’ve been together for six months, so shut up.” Jesse was done with the conversation and walked out, ignoring the calls of the jerks behind him and heading out to his car. JLJLJLJLJL The drive home was frustrating- focusing on the road as well as pondering his relationship was a bit tricky, but he had a bit of breathing room when he swung by a little jewelry store in town. Six months was a milestone for a relationship, and even if they’d commemorated it with an awesome date to the amusement park, he still felt like getting Lake another gift, something they could carry with them all the time (that wasn’t all of the clothes of Jesse’s they’d hijacked over the years). The idea had been knocking around in his head for a while and he needed to cheer Lake up anyway, so he figured this was just good timing.He poked around for a bit before finding something he thought suited them- a simple but beautiful moonstone pendant on a silver chain. Good thing he’d saved up from his babysitting gigs, he thought as he surrendered two twenties to the cashier. He felt a little nervous, hoping he’d picked out the right thing- he’d tried to avoid anything gaudy or anything too intricate, and he knew Lake wouldn’t want him spending that much money on them, either. But he still had no way of knowing, and his irritation from earlier seemed to amplify Jesse’s anxiety. It wasn’t like he’d never considered sex with Lake. Lake was his partner and had confirmed to him that they weren’t asexual when they’d discussed the topic for the first time. “Yeah, I understand what you mean. Definitely can’t relate, though.” They’d let it slip and changed the subject afterwards, but that little bit of information had stuck in Jesse’s mind and he’d mulled it over more than once since they’d started dating. But...he hadn’t ever considered it as anything more than hypothetical. He and Lake hadn’t been dating for very long, he told himself every time the thought came up. When one of their makeout sessions got a little heated and Jesse ended up with a...predicament, he just dealt with it on his own as quickly and quietly as he could. But now that they’d hit the six month mark….it wasn’t long in the grand scheme of most romantic relationships, but….it very well may be long enough for intimacy, Jesse realized. It wasn’t necessarily a short amount of time to have been dating, and Jesse was in his senior year of high school, with Lake a year behind him. 17 and 18….by most standards, that was a normal time to begin having...relations.They hadn’t really gone past heated kissing and close snuggling, but Jesse had to admit to himself that he’d thought about crossing that line more and more lately. Would Lake want to cross it with him? JLJLJLJLJLJLJL Jesse came home to the scent of chocolate chip cookies filling the house. Lake and Nate were hanging out on the couch in the living room, three plates piled high with freshly baked cookies taking up most of the space on the coffee table as they played a video game. They were both so into it they didn’t notice he was home until he spoke up, “Hey guys, I’m home.” “Hey, Jesse!” Nate greeted enthusiastically.“Hey…” Lake said a little awkwardly. Usually they asked him how practice had gone, but they weren’t too eager to know after the encounter with Jesse’s teammates.“You wanna play with us, Jesse? We’re having trouble with this boss.” Nate started rummaging around for another controller before Jesse stopped him. “Don’t worry about it Nate. Um...thanks, but I’m actually feeling pretty wiped out? I’m gonna head upstairs and rest a bit while I do my homework.” He noticed a worried frown on Nate’s face when he turned them down. He felt bad for not being entirely honest, but he also wasn’t about to explain this to Nate- he’d already felt embarrassed enough for one day. He gave Nate a squeeze on the shoulder and a smile. “How about I play you after dinner?” There, Nate was grinning and nodding, and all was right with the world again. “Maybe all three of us could play, since Lake is going with you?” Nate asked. “Oh, they are?” Jesse asked, looking to Lake. They nodded and got up to collect a plate of cookies to take up to Jesse’s room. “Yeah, Lake told Nate that we could hang out until you got home. One of these plates is for your parents, and Nate is taking the other to his sleepover tonight so he’s not going to eat all of them, right?” Lake teased Nate, ruffling his hair. “Gah, Lake! Cut it out!” Nate batted their hands away, but he was smiling. “I’m almost in junior high, I think you can trust me around a plate of cookies.” But he knew they were joking. “See you guys at dinner.” And just like that, he had been sucked back into the game. “See you.” Lake waved before they headed upstairs with Jesse. JLJLJLJLJL “Uuuuuuughgh!” Jesse flopped down on his bed dramatically, Lake giggling as they set the cookies down on Jesse’s desk before joining him on the bed. They sat and patted their lap, letting Jesse know it was all right to lay his head there, something they did whenever he was upset. Scooting over to Lake, Jesse plopped his head in their lap, sighing again. “I’m sorry that those jerks embarrassed you.” He apologized, looking up at them. It was Lake’s turn to sigh now as they started running their fingers through Jesse’s hair, a ritual he absolutely adored and leaned into now, sighing happily this time. “It’s okay, Jesse, we just should have been more careful, that’s all.” Lake ran their fingers through his hair. "It was a little awkward and embarrassing, but we just have to make sure it won't happen again. Though... I mean…..we weren’t really doing anything, it was just kissing, and we’re in high school!” They rolled their eyes. “Couples makeout, it happens. Why were they so weird about it?” Lake probably asked Jesse expecting him to help them speculate on the matter, as they were definitely surprised when he responded with an actual concrete answer. “Yeah, well, they made some weird assumptions anyway.” “Really?” Lake looked to meet his gaze, one brow raised. Weird how?” Jesse’s face gradually lit up with a blush as he came up with his reply. “Uh! Well……” Jesse wasn’t sure what to say. “They thought that we were doing...other things, or that we do those things and they were getting a peek at that. But they were wrong, so…” He looked away, something Lake usually did much more than Jesse. “We don’t have to worry about it.” He was just a bit bashful, approaching the topic for the first time, but Lake wondered if it wasn’t for a different reason. “Oh…..” Lake’s hands stopped their constant cycle of stroking Jesse’s hair. “Um…..is...that okay?” “What?” Jesse’s brow furrowed in confusion as he looked up at Lake. “What do you mean, honey?” Lake couldn’t help but smile at the familiar nickname- it was such a Jesse thing to call them, but they certainly didn’t mind. “Is what okay?” “I meant...his being wrong. You’re not upset that we haven’t done those things?” They asked, imitating Jesse’s tone. “Oh my- no, nononono, baby, that’s not it, I promise.” Lake felt a little shiver when he called them that- baby was reserved almost exclusively for when they were alone in one of their rooms or had snagged a private moment on a date somewhere. It was a special term for them, and their heart always felt a thrill when they heard it. Jesse grabbed one of Lake’s hands and pressed kisses to their palm and knuckles. “I’m here for you, Lake, not that other stuff. I’m just upset that any of that happened, I guess.” He sat up to press a kiss to Lake’s lips. “I’m so happy with us, I promise.” Lake smiled, returning the kiss with one of their own. “Thank you, Jesse, I’m glad, and I’m happy with us too. It….I’m not, um….hm.” They paused for a few moments before finally managing to continue, Jesse holding their hands and rubbing tenderly at their knuckles with his thumbs until they were ready. “If you’d been mad about it, I would have been concerned, because that’s messed up. But I’m not upset if that’s like…..something you’ve been, um….wanting. If you’re frustrated about it, that wouldn’t upset me.” “.....Oh.” Jesse answered slowly, still processing. It seemed his partner had been thinking about this for a little while. “Oh. Are...you frustrated, Lake?” “No! I mean….a little? A tiny bit- but I know that’s my fault for not saying anything. It’s not like you’re ever unwilling to talk to me, or give me something I need, I just...wasn’t sure how to approach this, I guess.” “Oh.” He mulled that over for a moment. “Is…..that something you need, Lake? Because if it is, you know I’ll find a way to help you.” “I…..that wasn't what I meant. And I mean, technically I guess I don’t need this, but…” They looked up to meet Jesse’s gaze head-on, squeezing his hand nervously. “I want it, that, with you. Not everything right away, but…” Jesse tugged Lake into a kiss, stroking the hair at their temples. “Okay. That’s fine- I’m glad you told me, and, um, I want that too.” He laid down on the bed, extending an arm to Lake. “Can we talk about it? And also snuggle?” Lake chuckled, “Yes, we can talk about it and also snuggle.” They laid down next to Jesse and scooted in close, resting their head on his chest and wrapping an arm around his middle, sighing happily at Jesse’s close proximity, familiar warmth and sweet scent. “Um…..what about it do you want to talk about?” They glanced up at Jesse, who was looking up at the ceiling as he thought, his fingers carding through Lake’s hair as he did. “I just wanna make sure we’re both clear on everything.” he said. “Makes things a bit easier for us, usually.” He offered Lake a reassuring smile, which quickly shifted to something a little more awkward. “So, um, first thing I want to be clear about: we’re both ready for a bit more intimacy, maybe using our hands or, like, o-oral sex, but we’re not ready to go all the way.” That was definitely out of Jesse’s wheelhouse for the moment. And, he wanted to know Lake’s body well by that point so he could make it good for them, anyway. Luckily for Jesse, Lake nodded in reply, their face burning with a blush. “Yeah.” Their hands began wandering up and down Jesse’s back. He sat up for a moment to discard his jacket before snuggling up with Lake again, giving them a bit more ground to cover. Lake rubbed their fingers in little circles over the fabric of Jesse’s shirt, increasing the pressure a bit to massage him a little. “I really wanna be closer to you, Jesse, and I’ve wanted it for a little while now. I want to…” they stopped, embarrassed, until Jesse surprised them by leaning forward and pressing his lips to Lake’s. He pulled them as close as he could, pressing a few small, gentle kisses to their jaw and cheeks. “Lake, I promise I’m not gonna laugh at you, okay? Not at anything you say, I promise.” He kissed them again, “Please, tell me what you want?” That reassurance had Lake feeling a bit more like themselves and they agree, emboldened. “I want.... to make you feel good.” They reached up to trace their fingers along Jesse’s collarbone, their eyes going half-lidded and sultry. “I want to touch you everywhere, and have you touch me everywhere. I want to have that part of you, the part that stays behind bedroom doors, and I want to give that part of me to you.” They admitted. Jesse shivered as Lake’s hands smoothed over the plain of his chest, feeling the muscles there, “Me too, I want all of that too.” He agreed. “I just, wow, baby, you’re so-” he’d never really complimented Lake like this, and he hoped desperately wouldn’t flub the moment and have it all come out wrong. “You’re so sexy, Lake, I’m so lucky.” He smiled shyly. “Really?” Lake blinked, “I...never thought of myself that way.” Their hands paused in their exploration, resting over Jesse’s heart, before Jesse took them in his own to press kisses to Lake’s fingers. “Yes, Lake, really.” Jesse encouraged, giving their hands an affectionate squeeze. “I love the way you kiss me, t-touch me, I can never get enough of it. I can never get enough of being close to you at all, really. You’re beautiful and so strong, confident the way you take charge of things sometimes. And when you let me take charge, you’re so….” He struggled to find the right word. “I-I don’t know what the right word is, but I guess the closest would be, um, precious? I just want to take care of you, be close to you…” He released one of their hands to pet their hair again, rubbing his thumb affectionately against the silvery strands. “I want you, Lake, I do.” He pulled them in for a kiss, and realized when they broke away that that was the moment. It didn’t have to be a spectacle, it didn’t need to come off of the heels of a big speech, it just needed to feel right- and it did. He was being honest with them, so why not be as honest as possible? Taking a deep breath, Jesse admitted, “I love you, Lake.” Lake gasped. “Jesse!” Lake was tearing up a bit, but they were smiling as well as they pressed another kiss to his lips. “I love you too, so much...my sweet, wonderful brave dork who came back for me, my Jesse. I love you, you big nerd.” Jesse chuckled, laughter shifting to a couple of emotional tears. They kissed over and over again, nuzzling his cheeks against Lake’s when he could to give himself a little break for air. They kissed for a long time, giggling and sighing and rubbing their noses against one another’s, their sighs and groans of contentment mingling together in the otherwise empty room. That eventually gave way to open mouths and tongues, an entirely different variety of sighs resonating throughout Jesse’s room as his hands wandered over Lake’s back, and theirs did the same to his.“You know what?” He asked when they were done, panting a bit. They were lying nose-to-nose, arms tightly wrapped around one another. “What?” Lake asked with a little smile, their face flush with happiness. “I’m actually kind of glad we were interrupted earlier. I mean, if this is the result, I’m definitely not complaining.” He smiled against Lake’s lips as he kissed them again. “I’ve been dying to tell you that I love you for months.” Lake hummed, nodding, “Me too, Jesse, I’ve loved you for a long time.” They settled their head over his heart, listening to his heartbeat. “Since that first sunset when I arrived here, I think, though it’s hard to pinpoint the precise moment.” “I know I can’t.” Jesse rested his chin on top of Lake’s head. It wasn’t necessary, with the pillows behind him, he just liked doing it. “But I do know that I’m going to love you for a very long time to come.” he said happily. Lake replied with a happy chuckle, giving Jesse a little squeeze. “How can I resist, when you say such sweet things?” Lake gave Jesse a little nuzzle as well, before growing quiet for a few moments. “So, um...while we’re being clear about things...do you think, maybe next week, Friday, when your parents are out with their friends and Nate’s at that sleepover...that could be a good opportunity to….” They weren’t sure what to say that didn’t sound silly or vulgar. Jesse knew what they meant, though. “Yeah, I think that’d be a good place to start. Though, um...would it be okay if we touched each other a little more until then? Not below the belt or anything, I’m not suggesting that, but just…’ He trailed off, unsure how to clarify what he meant. Lake had him covered, releasing Jesse to slip their hands under his shirt and touch his bare skin. Jesse let out a little yelp before he moaned, leaning into Lake’s touch. “Is this what you meant?” Lake asked. Jesse nodded, “This is absolutely what I meant. How are you so good at reading my mind?” he asked, shivering from Lake’s wandering hands tracing the lines of his muscles. “Practice?” Lake shrugged. “Or, maybe I’m just really good at guessing. Take your pick.” They paused when their fingers reached the hem of Jesse’s shirt, and looked up at him, raised brows asking for permission to venture further. Jesse nodded, shivering when Lake’s cool fingers glided over his bare skin. “Sorry if my fingers are cold…” Jesse’s skin was so warm and soft, softer than they’d anticipated. He was really hiding some muscles under that shirt, too- something Lake had gotten to enjoy at many a swim meet. “No, baby, it’s great, it feels really nice.” Jesse smiled at them, reaching down to run his fingers through their hair. “That was a ‘this is good’ shiver, not an ‘I’m cold,’ shiver.” He clarified, caressing the shell of their ear with his thumb. “Mm, I’ll have to learn the difference.” Lake smiled, their fingers wandering up to the valley between Jesse’s pecs, rubbing little affectionate circles into the skin as Jesse played with their hair. He was in heaven as Lake’s fingers wandered over his midsection. He’d never thought that just having his stomach and chest touched would feel so good, but he also suspected that might have something to do with Lake being the one doing the touching. As their hands glided down his sides he closed his eyes for a moment, taking a mental snapshot of the moment .“Mn, I suppose you’d have to do some research into that, then.” Jesse hoped he came off as flirty and silly, not awkward and creepy. “I’m happy to help you with that anytime, you know.” He felt almost relieved to be talking to them this way, finally acknowledging feelings they’d both pushed to the side. Lake pretended to consider his offer, tapping a finger to their chin. Their other hand was still under Jesse’s shirt, Lake using their fingers to trace little hearts over the warm skin. “Hmmmm….well, I suppose I can make some time for you, in my schedule. I have a little bit of time right now, you know, no other appointments.” Their hand slid up, resting over Jesse’s heart. “Though, I do think that this might be in the way…” they tugged on Jesse’s shirt. Jesse’s eyes widened a bit, before his expression shifted to something more comfortable, confident- he was with Lake, after all. There was nothing to be embarrassed about. He took Lake’s hands in his as he sat up, guiding them to the hem of his shirt.

“I think you might be right, baby…” Jesse’s voice sounded lower, almost a bit like a whisper- something about it sent a shiver up Lake’s spine as they tugged Jesse’s shirt up-

“Hey, lovebirds, dinner in ten!” Nate knocked loudly on the door, startling both of them. Lake dropped Jesse’s shirt, a bit exasperated. They knew Nate couldn’t help having horrible timing, though. “We’ll be right there, Nate!” Lake called. “Thanks.” moments later, they heard him heading down the stairs. They looked to Jesse, feeling defeated and a touch embarrassed again.

“Hey, it’s okay.” Jesse pressed a peck to Lake’s lips before wrapping them up in a hug. “I know, it’s frustrating, but there’s always more time. And we have Friday coming up, so…” “Yeah.” Lake returned Jesse’s hug before getting up off the bed, offering Jesse a hand to ‘help’ him down, really just an excuse to touch him more. “We have Friday.” They’d have to figure out how to make it special- maybe a gift for Jesse? Or...something...special to wear? Nope, not thinking about lingerie right now- how would they even know where to start, anyway? “....Hey, baby?” Jesse’s voice sounded rather shy as he rooted through his backpack. “I almost forgot- I picked something up for you, earlier.” Maybe he should have saved it for Friday, he thought, but they’d had a bad day and Lake deserved to be spoiled. “What?” Lake smiled as he approached, hands behind his back. “Jesse, you didn’t have to…” Really, his thoughtfulness never ceased to amaze them.“I wanted to.” He handed them a small, dove grey velvet box, Lake gasping loudly when they beheld the moonstone inside, taking the necklace out and holding it tightly as they surveyed the stone.“Jesse!” They embraced him, kissing him again and again. “Jesse, you….” they were a touch overwhelmed, but in the best way. They kissed him absentmindedly, thoughts chugging forward on a new train of thought. What had they done to deserve a boy who loved them so damn much, who cared so well for them? When they were trapped in the mirror they never even dreamed they might be in a position to receive presents, only to imitate those who did, to reflect. But this was theirs. They’d fought tooth and nail for it, him, them, and every horror had been worth it. “Baby?” Jesse nuzzled Lake’s cheek. “Are you okay? You spaced out for a sec there,” he caressed Lake’s cheek. They chuckled, turning their head to kiss Jesse’s palm. “It’s just...in moments like this, I actually think about Mace. All those things he said I wouldn’t have….I can have all of them now, I can live my life the way I want to...I just never want to forget how much of a gift that is.” They kissed him again, “How much of a gift you are, for giving me... this.” ‘This’ wasn’t just the necklace. It was the morning and goodnight kisses, the sweet confessions and tender caresses. It was every bit of validation and kindness and encouragement Jesse had ever given them, something they knew they could never truly pay back. “Lake, you don’t have to thank me...baby, I love you.” Jesse leaned his forehead against theirs. “I don’t think I could have done things any differently. You don’t realize it, Lake, because everyone has been telling you differently, but you’re amazing. You’re strong and loyal and brave and beautiful, and there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you. You matter, Lake, and people are going to do whatever they can for you because they care about you. Remember that.” He assured as he fastened Lake’s necklace for them. Lake nodded, sniffling a tad. “I’ll do my best.” They hugged him tightly. “These last six months have definitely helped.” They pressed a kiss to the corner of his mouth before Jesse opened the door for them with an elaborate bow, drawing a tiny chuckle from Lake. “To six more months, my darling.” Jesse declared in a dramatic, Shakespearean-esque tone. Joining in on his game, Lake offered Jesse their arm.

“To six more months- onward, to dinner!”

#nonbinary lake #infinity train #lake infinity train #jesslake #lake it #jesslake fanfiction #Infinity shipping #jesse infinity train #infinity train fanfiction

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secretshinigami · 5 years

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Masterlist of Mello’s Birthday Bash Prompts

A compiled list of everyone’s prompts from the exchange – thank you for letting us post them, and we hope you guys enjoy them! Prompts are organized by their submitter, so be sure to give credit if you use one.

niastuki

near in a nice suit

near and light making out

Mikami and Light with their hair and suits wet sharing and umbrella

matsuda confronts near on with the theory he brings up at the end of the manga

exploring domestic life between near and light

misa amane being interviewed at some point after the time skip

theredtint

B with hanahaki disease

Kitsune!B

Ghost A (for my A go to pastreplacement, but it can be any A you like) & zombie!B

B&A bnha au, powers are up to you but anon me if you want my ideas

During Mello's and Near's generation A and B become ghost stories of Wammy House and Matt absolutely loves scaring the newbies with them

B learning about how his eyes work

kiranatrix

Light playing piano with Ryuk perched on top of the piano

L building a sandcastle at the beach

Venom-DN AU with Light in a symbiote costume (with Ryuk as the symbiote)

Light and L try to study together for a test at college but mostly just snark back and forth

The reason why Mello loves chocolate so much

Ryuk takes a day off and plays some pranks on the Kira HQ team to amuse himself

the-real-death-note-victim

L and Light wearing trans and/or nb merch

L or Near using a chewable stim toy

Light and ghost!L in any tender scene

An L/Wedy/Aiber date night

L/Light soulmate AU, any kind of delayed onset of them finding out they're each other's soulmate

Any masc character getting their first binder from a friend or partner

synapsi-s

A and B during Halloween night

Light and Sayu having a nice moment together

Young Mello celebrating his 13th birthday at the Wammy's

Naomi's (or L's) thoughts about the LABB case (after it was solved)

Mello and B encounter

Mello and Matt during their last day of life

izaori

Mello and L eating birthday cake, maybe wearing those fun party hats

Matsuda getting matching sweaters for the group but only Mogi wears one with him

Near making a snow angel

Screen reader support enabled.

The other second gens (Near, Matt, Linda, whoever) throwing Mello a surprise bday party

Light finding out Misa loves reptiles and she begs Light to let her get a big snake

Ryuk tries to get the other shinigami to celebrate Christmas because he wants free stuff

eyecicles

Near playing with some white bunnies

Near as a renaissance prince (would be cool if you could keep his colour palette!)

Gevanni in a bathrobe, drinking coffee or something & just chilling for once

Sidoh in a Santa hat, eating some chocolate and being happy

Light tries to teach an unwilling L how to ice skate

Near and Ryuk discussing Light after Light's death

B and Light playing tennis, but B is really bad at it and constantly tries to cheat

queer-of-the-blue-moon

Misa and Rem doing a little goth fashion show.

L dressed as Sherlock Holmes.

Matt and Mello smoking, talking, watching the rain through the window (cuddled up together in blankets with hot chocolate, possibly?)

A story of how Ryuuk summarizes his adventure with the human world in a poem, really dark poem, which he later declaims to the Shinigami King and the unnamed Shinigami.

Death Note x Death Parade crossover, about what actually happened to Light after his death.

AU where Light actually feels guilty when he's almost done with eliminating L, and overwhelmed, he hesitates which ruins his plans (but maybe it's better this way).

weneedtotalkaboutdeathnote

HDM/Daemon AU with BB and Misora (Raven for B, Black cat for Misora).

Anything Moonriver (Neax x Light) (doesn't have to be shippy).

Anything L x B (doesn't have to be shippy).

L can see ghosts, but he chooses to ignore them. This becomes increasingly had to do when B's spirit shows up during the Kira investigation.

Older Near introducing himself to potential successors.

Halle and Gevanni catch up for coffee and talk about life and the Kira case etc (post Kira).

silcnt-scul

Roillsh Downton Abbey AU with Quillsh being a lord and Roger his valet. If possible, it would be cool if they could be close in kind of an intimate way.

Mello sitting on a vape cloud that is being blown by Matt.

Wammy as a captain on a sailship, in a captain uniform and all. Bonus points for tiny L sitting on his shoulder like a parrot.

Roger and Quillsh swordfighting in full 1700s style with frockcoats and all.

Wammy's children Attack On Titan AU, maybe how they all lost their families to titans and joined the military?

Roillsh Age of Sail AU: Quillsh is the captain of a large ship, Roger is the first mate, and during one of their long journeys, one of them finally confesses(Maybe being under influence of too much whiskey?) which leads the other to confess. Something like that.

During the Kira case, Roger and Quillsh send each other lengthy letters(Love letters, perhaps?). After Quillsh's death, Roger finds one more letter that Quillsh set to be sent to him/found by him incase of the failure of Kira case.

almostsane-things

Body overgrown w flowers (extra points if flower choice has special meaning connected to the character)

Redesign DN characters in a wonderland/ looking glass environment

Mello w the prompt ‘Ghosts in our past’ (feel free to incorporate personal headcanons)

Gelus watching over Misa from the Shinigami realm

L’s first ongoing investigation

The story of how L found Wedy and/or Aiber

The Kira case from Sayu or Sachiko’s pov

misas-biggest-fan

light being tailed by l's ghost

naomi visiting beyond in prison

rem at one of misa's music concerts

kira!L goes up against detective!Light

Mello meets Beyond and discusses the LABB case

Misa starts to healthily process her trauma over her parents and leaves light

sstwins

Something angel themed with Mello ([not scar Mello... ahaha] or angel/devil Mello and Near... feel free to play with that idea)

Something with L and a great magnitude of sweets

L/Light art with the handcuffs (pretty and symbolic... you know, the whole stereotypical thing)

Anything involving any/all of the Wammy's Boys as kids!! Maybe studying or doing games or anything, really!

yeggami

Beyond Birthday and Light with some cats

Aiber, Wedy and L hanging out

Matt attempting to make a cake for Mello's birthday

B cosplays his favourite character

The X Files AU with L as Mulder and Light as Scully

AU where A doesn't die

Something angsty with Light x B !!

my-doodles-xd

Lawlight sleeping together (in the yotsuba arc)

Misa,L and Light in the amusement park because why not

L and Sayu seeing ryuk for the first time

Near and Mello (both adults) seeing L for the first time

Light x Misa in the amusement park

Lawlight on a date in the pastry shop (i like top light yagami btw)

A fanfic where the investigators (L,Light,Soichiro,Matsuda,etc.Misa counts too) has 1 week free from work,so they can focus on other things

complicatedmerary

Light and Takada dressed as Kimye

Sayu and Sachiko having a girl’s night

Mello and his secret hobby (can be anything, I want to be surprised)

Halle and Mello having a deep conversation about their future

Mello’s backstory before Wammys

Misa pretending to date Hideki Ryuga for the tabloids even though she would rather not

jk-iconoclast

Matt wrapped as gift for Mello

Near and Matt celebrating Mello’s birthday

Mello is alone on his birthday and is sad/cries

After Mello left Wammy's, he's spending his birthday alone

Near reflects about Mello, silently honouring his first birthday after his death

Matt or Near (or both) surprising Mello on his birthday

ginogollum

DN characters with steampunk outfits

A coffeee shop AU

Mello and Near on Mello's motocycle

AU where Mello and Near work together as L

How I met your mother AU (I love mello/near but any ship is fine)

L survives, he has no longer the need for successors. What do they do with their life?

puropoly

beyond birthday listening/singing oingo boingo tracks

near, mello and matt playing videogames

A and B watching bad horror movies (I don't know if asking for OCs is permitted by the rules, in case it isn't just draw your own idea of A, that's fine! but if it's possible to draw my ver of A (you can check her in my art tag) I'd pretty much roll on the floor in joy :'] )

B and L have tea together in an abandoned house B is currently living in (you can take this in any direction, my main idea is them reflecting abt the past at wammy's in their own melancholic and cynical way)

B and A hanging out at the city, doing normal teen stuff, trying not to worry about their lives at Wammy's and just having fun together

A Near's Normal Day at the SPK (you know, like in that comic Obata drew for the DN movie I think, where they show a normal day of L's life) (please don't put Near in a washing machine LDGJSD)

yagami-raito-kun

Young teenage Light excitedly showing his father his tennis trophy

Light and Sayu doing cute, sibling-ish activities

Light haunting Near as a ghost

AU where Wammy’s House is an X-Men-style school for mutants and the Kiras are supervillains

Light and Sayu doing cute, sibling-ish activities

Light haunting Near as a ghost

Anonymous Prompts

Ryuk tries to intimidate Mello.

Near visits Beyond in his prison cell.

Wammy's house boys band (just so you know I'm picturing Mello as full goth rocker here)

Mello haunts Near from beyond the grave.

Sayu finds the notebook without exploding the drawer.

After Light's death, Misa takes Matsuda on a mutual pity date.

Mello in a witch outfit

Beyond Birthday and Naomi Misora bonding time

Near and toys

Mello and the flag of the gender and-or orientation of your choice (not straight or cis please)

Your hc on what A looks like (bonus points if they're not a cis man)

Mello and a ghost au (anyone can be the ghost)

We hate each other but apparently our teachers ship us and make us partner up all the time and sit next to each other and for the love of God if you don’t shut your mouth I’m gonna shove you on the desk and snog the hell out of you with L and Light or Near and Mello and Matt

Near and Misa keep in touch after Light's death, though not on really friendly terms, until Misa's suicide

Mello and gender exploration (make up, clothes, trans stuff)

Beyond birthday and A at Wammy's house doing kid stuff and crapping on L's legacy

mello in fishnets !! or some other cool outfit

some soft meronia

mello in an oversized hoodie

meronia yuri on ice style ice skating au

any soft meronia

what were things like for mello after he left wammys?

Remisa Dinner Date

Takada/Lidner Takada flirting with flustered Lidner

Misa and L going clothes shopping

Remisa Human AU Rem nervous on a first date

L and Misa discuss fashion and makeup trends, to Light's dismay

Lidner worries her feelings for Takada could compromise her mission

Mello and/or Matt comforting Sayu during her kidnapping (can be shippy or non-shippy).

Any of the following pairings sharing a bubble bath: Mello/Matt, Mello/Near, Matt/Near, Mello/Matt/Near, L/Light, Hal/Mello.

Beyond Birthday dressed as Winnie the Pooh and eating jam out of a honey-pot.

Mello and/or Matt comforting Sayu during her kidnapping (can be shippy or non-shippy).

Super fluffy sick-fic with any of the following pairings: Mello/Near, Mello/Matt, Matt/Near, Mello/Matt/Near.

Mello & Matt survive. I don't care how, as long as they're alive & (more or less) happy (can be shippy or non-shippy); would also prefer if Near is somehow involved too.

#prompt list #death note #deathnote #mello's birthday bash 2018

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br0adwa5 · 7 years

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deh apartment hcs

so i was just scrolling thru Tumblr Dot Com™ and I saw a post that said “does anyone else ever daydream of decorating their first apartment?” (if anyone knows who made that lmk) but anyway i saw that and was like omg if that ain’t alana and then i was like wAIT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THEM so here’s this. fyi this is like a college au type thing ish??

(im sotired this is kinda shitty lol)

(also thank u so much for the luv on my last two hcs? i cr ied? les get to the point sorry)

alana:

ok so this girl would obviously have the neatest apartment ever

it would probably be like a medium size ya know

white walls.

lots of white walls.

and there would be like really pretty marble countertops

her beadspread (or whateverthefuck u call it) would probably be like grey with white little lines on it

in a pattern tho

like a cute pottery barn one

she would so freaking use evan’s discount at pottery barn are u kidding me

like her entire house would look like a pottery barn catalog

anyway

idk if all apartments have this so excuse me if i sound mega stupif

but she would use the little intercom-buzzer thing to get into the apartment to her full advantage

like if u wanted to even go up there she would legit do a full on background check

(except for zoe)

(zoe would be like “hey alana it’s-” and alana would be like “yOU CAN COME RIGHT UP”

but it would be like

“hello who is this?”

“alana you know it’s jared. i just texted you.”

“… ok then what’s your middle name”

“aLANA”

but anyway back to what inspired this in the first place

so alana would SO plan her apartment out from when she was like young enough to understand it ya get it

like she would pick out furniture at age six

(her taste would obviously change as she got older but u get it)

and she would literally have it down to the p a i n t color

like she would walk into home depot or whatever and the worker would expect her to look around for like 40 minutes but she’d be like

“hi hello i’ll take seashell grey in the gloss finish please. make it quick.”

(i totally just made that up what the hell is a gloss finish never heard of her)

i also picture her having lots of house plants? like most of them would be fake bc she’s too busy to keep them alive but they wouldn’t look fake

yeah alana’s apartmetnt would be so put together and like clean cut and nice

zoe:

her apartment would be rad okay

i feel like it would be v hipster and cool

not like Hipster™ but like… hipster?

what am i even saying

okay

so she would definetley have a room with yellow walls

like her rooms would be painted cool colors and stuff

but yellow specifically

she just seems like a yellow person

she would have a big wall that’s all chalkboard paint

wait now im really excited about this wall oh my god

like when everyone would go over her house they would all take a chalkboard marker (real chalk makes too much of a mess) and write and draw on it

evan would do little doodles of trees and write sweet and encouraging stuff

connor would either draw a hecking masterpiece or write really small in the corner “fuk u”

there’s no in between

alana would just doodle hearts and stuff

or when she’d be over doing homework w zoe she’d try to teach her math and science and stuff on it

a w

jared would just draw memes

i think we can all agree on that one

but annyyywwayy

she would refuse to get anything like store bought mainstream

like she would go to little shops in the middle of nowhere

or garage sales

and get the cutest stuff

her house would be so homey but at the same time like “wtf why is this so perfect”

l o t s of tapestries

don’t fight me on this

it wouldn’t be the regular mendala ones that a lot of people get

(but she would for sure have a few of those too)

it would be like really cool unique stuff

lots of maps of the world

tie dye

ya kniw

they would mostly be taking up all of the celing space and some wall space in her room

she would so have a polaroid camera i KNOW IT

and she would put them all on pieces of string w clothespins and string them up around her room

all pics of her frands and stuff

awwww zoe

she’d also probably have a room just for her dog

(btw if u didn’t see my other hc i see her as having a golden retriever named kiwi)

(but anyway)

like it was supposed to be a closet sbut she just didn’t use it

so she was like “well… okay let’s do this”

and evan will spend h o u r s at a time in that room

ugh she would just have the cutest apartment v colorful and stuff

evan:

evan’s apartment would be v small

he llved with his mom the first two years of college but decided to move out because he was feeling like he made a lot of progress and was ready to live on his own (btw is it canon tht he lives w his mom first year of college? i forget lmk)

(but he wasn’t really living on his own bc connor was always over or he was at connor’s place)

he would have a v little sitting area w a really old tv and a worn out couch that was probably free on the side of the road or cheap from a garage sale

he would have a fridge and oven and stuff but he’d mostly just use the microwave

(ho;ly shit “some people say just use a microwave…”)

(i h8 myself why why why ok moving on)

his diet would mainly consist of ramen noodles

bc he doesn’t want to leave and have to socalize with people at fast food places or the grocery store

but every once and a while zoe would come over like “evan wtf” and make him food to hold him over for a while

(uh hc that zoe’s a really good cook??/)

he would have a little bedroom with a big window in it

and his comforter would be blue with navy stripes (similar to The Shirt™ but not completley the same)

he would have lots of sticky notes everywhere

like ranging from “don’t forget to feed the dog” to “don’t worry about it, it’s probably not a big deal”

and when he was in a really good mental state he would write them and stick them in places he know he’d see when he wasn’t in the best shape

and it would encourage him to keep going

wow that’s equally heartbreaking and adorable

ok don’t fight me on this we all know it’s a thing

he would have plants. eve ry wh ere

like there wouldn’t be a single fake plant in there

but he loved them bc he felt like it made the air fresher??? like it supplied more oxygen in the room which made it easier to breathe when he was feeling anxious??

(idk i can’t really explain it but that’s how i feel when i get anxious so i feel like it would help him too)

but it would range from huge ass borderline trees to succlents the size of his thumb nail

he would have s o many succulents

he would name them all

aaaaaaaAaAAAA

and each of his friends would have a plant named after them

even though it was small he really loved his apartment

bc he worked really hard to be able to pay for it and buy the furniture and stuff

so it was like his baby

yeah that’s my boy evan handsoap!

connor:

connor’s apartment would actually be pretty big

like everything would be super super high quality and nice

he would so have a recliner chair

you know the one i’m talking about okay

and he would spend most of his time in there

even though he def has a huge nice sectional

(btw most of his furniture is black)

when evan would come over he wouldn’t want to get up out of it

but even always wanted to cuddle

so the first time evan was like “con come over hereee”

connor just scooched over

and evan was like “??”

but just went over to him

and they were kinda squished but they loved it

bc they were so close to eachother

AW IM SCREECHING

but yeah they would love to cuddle on the recliner

his kitchen would be p nice too

like he would have a weirdly high tech fridge and a really nice oven and stuff

but if u opened the fridge there would just be like a half dranken (that is nOT a word) bottle of mountain dew, a cheese stick, and maybe on a good day some random leftovers

(btw idk why but i see his parents buying him most of the stuff in his apartment,, this doesn’t really make sense when i think about it but i can’t not do it what am i saing now awioehfdlsnk)

his room would be nice

he would have a big bed with a black and white plaid duvet cover

omg evan would l o v e his bed

like evan of course loves his own bed but connor’s is just so comfy

(plus connor’s bed also has connor)

(anywho)

his walls would be like a greyish blue color

but his furniture would still be all black

he would have a big desk and he always kept sticky notes around for evan to doodle on if he ever got anxious

and he has an entire drawer in his dresser just for his hair ties because he has an unhealthy amount of them

at all times

partly because he wants to keep his hair up sometimes

but partly because he always wears one around his wrist to snap when he gets mad or can’t control his emotions

and he always ends up loosing them

oh also his shower in his bathroom would be BOMB like im talking it has one of those little ledge chair thingies

and the water pressure is a plus

and evan’s shower at his apartment is like sucky so he always just showers at connors

(i mean this in the least innapropriate way possible btw jus clearing that up)

but connor would spend SO much time there

so would evan tbh

so yeh

jared:

ok guys

hear me out on this one

but i feel like jared would have a surprisingly nice apartment??

like,,, actually very nice

they would all love hanging out there when they were all together

the first time he asked them over they were like “… u sure”

they were expecting to walk into something that looked like a super crappy hotel room with garbage all over

but they walked in and were like “jared what the fuk”

because this place was nice

like,, , he would always have the most food out of all of them

(which wasn’t saying much but still)

he would have a big nice couch with lots of extra like beanbags all over

they would all have their own that they used

and his tv would be poppin okay

he would have his old wii hooked up to it

and they would constantly have mario kart tournaments

jared always insisted on being wario

for the Memes™

he would be the only one out of all of them with an amazon fire stick so they would always watch movies all together at his house

and sometimes they would just randomly take it without telling him

(i’m looking at u connor)

and he wouldn’t notice for a few days but when he did he went cRAZY

but anyway

his room would b supa cool

he would have a really nice bed

omg he would have like video game and other nerd stuff posters e v e r y w h e r e

like everywhere

little to no wall space for anything elsee

every once in a while he would go through his camera roll and print the pictures that he liked the best to hang up on his wall

hear me out bc this is gonna sound weird

he would probably have a dead meme shrine in one of the corners of the wall on the bottom

that he started as a joke with connor and zoe once but it jst spiraled out of control until every dead meme was recognized as soon as it went out

he would have a tv in his room

not as good as his one in the living room but still

he has two tvs what even jared

that’s where he would put his xbox

and he would game all night man

ah i love jared sm

ok that’s it hope u enjoyed ahhahah

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