Damon's P.O.V
Something warm pulls away from me making me groan with annoyance. I grab for it, hands finally finding the source allowing me to yank it back against me as I slowly wake from my temporary hibernation period.
Will giggles against me as I cage her against me, her hands pushing at my circling arms which were locking her in place against me. She leans her head back against my neck as she laughs helplessly, giving me free rein to her neck, I press loving kisses up her skin making her squeal a little.
"Damon," She groans, her voice still light with amusement through her giggles that sent a jolt of electricity through me each time she released a new one. "I need to use the bathroom."
I open one of my eyes to look at her, she looks down at me, eyes sparkling with joy matching her content expression. The sight eases the slight panic that arose in me at the thought of letting her leave me, even for a moment. So I relent, giving her one last squeeze to her smaller frame before pressing one last kiss to her collarbone and releasing her.
I role over onto my back, resting my head on one of my hands while my other arm remains outstretched where Will was curled before. I yawn myself awake while Will slides herself out of my bed and towards the bathroom, but not before giving me a quick kiss to the cheek.
My eyes trail her movements with a growing smile until she's out of my line of vision, fixing my gaze to the ceiling instead, I remain still for a moment before slamming my pillow over my face to cover the ridiculous grin that was coveting it.
But I couldn't stop it even if I tried, because I finally had Will back.
It was hard not to scream to release even a portion of the joy that that simple truth delivered to me. I'd never imagined that I could grow to need someone or care for them to this extent, something that was almost as strong as what I felt for my family. But it'd become really fucking clear to me through our time apart, that I'd come to feel much greater things for Will than I could imagine or even prepare for.
Honestly, I was already halfway there.
After Will came to me, I'd dragged her into my apartment and kissed her stupid not letting her get more than an inch away from me. My skin itching with the need to be close to her, every fiber inside of me willing me to never let her go again, the bond's slowly reknitting form bringing the pleasure of new heights to me.
We'd spent the rest of the evening wrapped up in one another's arms, the feeling simply sensational and too perfect to risk losing again. I'd only let Will go when she had hit me a few times hours later, demanding to be released so she could go feed Sassy, who I could admit I'd missed a little.
I let her go but only when she promised to come back right away. She kept her promise, coming back to me shortly after, but with wet hair from a fresh shower and draped in loser clothes than she'd left me in.
Then she asked something I never saw coming, at least not this soon.
"Can I sleep here tonight?" Will asked while she knotted her fingers around her toothbrush, which she strangled with her grip. "With you, I mean, sleep here with you... next to you. Like, spend the night together?"
The shortly lived joy I'd been riding moments earlier, skyrocketed within an instant as I made my way over to her, scooping her up in my arms before pressing desperate kisses to her soft lips which she welcomed without a moment's hesitance.
"It would make me very happy if you did," I replied after I'd finally pulled away.
She'd smiled up at me, eyes widen and glimmering with so much glee it melted me in my place.
The rest of the evening was spent by firstly cooking dinner together, smiles never leaving through the entire process, brief kisses being passed by each of us. I thought I was bad, the previously strained bond making me desperate to hold her, but Will was equally as desperate to touch, turning me around at random moments to claim my lips while successfully trying to scale my body.
We agreed, silently, to leave our unresolved issues and haunting pasts for today. Needing that evening to just enjoy one another after too much time apart. We weren't ignoring it, just taking advantage of the present before it was possibly lost to us.
Eventually, the food was completed and quickly scoffed down allowing me to gather Will back into my arms and pull her into bed with me. Pulling the covers over us, I didn't allow Will to get far as I pulled her to me to envelop her in my warmth. She didn't protest, coming easily and with joyful smiles as I held her.
And so we stayed like that for the rest of the evening, not quite ready to face another battle or our unspoken truths just yet. Just grateful to come out the other side of our first one together, that was all I could let myself think of because if I went any further, I'd fucking drown myself with worry.
We'd held one another close as we fell asleep together, Will's smaller body latching onto mine in any way she could and my larger one, caging her into me where I could keep her safe and happy as no other could, no other would.
It's good to see you so happy again - Theo comments as I drag my pillow away from my face, his words making my grin grow.
You are literally the best wolf ever - I praise, meaning every single word of it. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have her back.
Nonsense - Theo dismisses quickly. It was your words, your truth that you told from your heart, I just offered a possible way of delivering it.
Either way, because of you Theo, we have another chance with her - I reply seriously as I watch Will walk back into the room. Anything you want, anything I can do for you, it's yours. I will forever be in your debt Theo.