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Jimmy woke up the next morning with a feeling of unfimilar but also a strong sense of saftey. At first he wasn't sure why but soon he relised the overwheming warmth around his body. Then the legs intertwined with his ; then the arms around his waist. Then it hit him.
Scott was home.
He slowly opened his eyes smiling as he found the blue haired elf gazing lovingly at him. Scott always woke up before him so this was a normal sight when they slept together.
"Good morning, Sunflower." He whispered hand moving to tuck a stray strand of blonde hair behind Jimmy's ear. Jimmy caught his hand gently intwining their fingers.
"Good morning, Petal." Jimmy answered back voice still grogy from sleep. Jimmy somehow moved himself closer to Scott buiring his head in the elves chest.
"I've missed this." Scott says after a while placeing a soft kiss atop the cod's head.
"Yeah?" Jimmy voice came out soft and loving like it always does around the elven king. He moved his head so he was looking at Scott, chin now resting on his chest.
"I missed your face being the first thing I see in the morning and your cute little snores sending me off to sleep." Scott only made his statment softer due to the kiss he planted on the cod's forehead. Jimmy felt the heat rise to his cheaks, moving his head down again to hide it a little. Scott just laughed ruffling Jimmy's hair slighty.
Jimmy pulled back slightly so their noses were mear millmeters away.
"You know today's gonna be a busy one. With seeing the Rivendell council, the elven people themselves and I'm sure Kathrine will want to call a House Blossom meeting so they can all see you."Jimmy pointed out pausing before adding, "We probally shouldn't be wasting time cuddling in bed." The last part was slightly softer like it was a fact both knew but neither wanted to point out. Scott's face seemed sadder at the prosepect of getting up and it made Jimmy smile knowing Scott loved these little moments as much as he did.
"Did you get my letters?" Scott asked after a while. Jimmy tried to think of an answer for the seemingly abrupt change in conversation.
"Yeah. Kathrine has the one you adressed to us all." Scott must have noticed how Jimmy's eyes trained past Scott to look at the bedside table behind him. Scott slowly turned round, careful not to destrupt their postion to much.
He turned onto his back the letter he had written a month ago in his hand. Jimmy moved to rest his head on his boyfriend's shoulder so he could read the note aswell.
Scott seemed to scan the words on the page before looking at Jimmy and saying sounding almost heartbroken, "Jimmy, this page is covered in tear stains." Jimmy's heart broke at hearing Scott's voice like that.
"Well when your boyfriend goes missing and tells you to read the letter everytime you miss him you end up reading it alot." He replied trying to let some sarcasm into his voice but it not quite sounding right.
Seeing Scott's heartbroken face he adds. "I carried it around with me everywhere. I liked having a peice of you with me. Oh..also don't mention the letter to anyone else..I didn't tell anyone about it." Scott pulled Jimmy into a tight hug Jimmy feeling complete safe in Scott's cold arms.
"I'm sorry Jimmy. I'm so sorry I left you."
Scott's voice sounded so weak and destrught.
"You don't need to be sorry. I understand you had to leave." Jimmy was trying to sound reasuring but finally confessing how much he missed Scott out loud made him want to burst out crying.
They layed their for a moment before Scott said.
"As lovely as this is I think we might need to get a start on the day or we won't get everything done." Jimmy nodded.
"Do you have any of my fancier clothes here? I don't want Elwyn shouting at me as soon as I get home." Jimmy froze at the mention of the head elf. He hadn't even thought about how he would explain that Elwyn had been obviously trying to overthrow him. Scott stopped moving out of bed kneeling on the edge looking down at Jimmy.
"Jimmy?"
" Oh..umm..yeah. There is that cloak from the House Blossom ball a couple months ago." Scott nodes walking over to Jimmy's wardrobe.
Jimmy smiles at the memory of that night. It was the first ball they had attended since they got together and they had bassicaly spent the whole night glued to eachother. It didn't matter if they weere dancing or talking with their friends, Jimmy couldn't remember a time when Scott's hand wasn't in his or he didn't feel the elf's hand round his waist. Scott had come back to the Cod Empire that night. He wasn't entirly sure why they thought that was the place to go considering Rivendell was much much closer but they may or may not have been a little drunk by that point. Overall it was nice to have a night with his friends no diplomatic stuff.
Scott pulls out the cloak looking at it before looking through both the wardrobe and his disgaurded clothes from yetsterday for a sutible outfit. Both Scott and Jimmy's wardrobes were bassicaly combined at this point so Scott had no trouble finding appropriate clothes.
Jimmy gets out of bed stretching before moving to the little kitchen. He rumaged around in the cuboards only finding some bread and eggs. Guess he forgot to fill up the cuboards. He hadn't been staying here lots resentaly so there wasn't really a need. The hob turned on with a sizzle, eggs cracking onto the heated pan. He also put the toast in the toaster.
Just as he was about to finish cooking when Scott walked into the kitchen sitting at the round dining table near by. Jimmy serves up a slice of toast and 2 eggs onto a plate putting it in front of Scott with a 'Volia."
Scott laughed shaking his head at the cod's anticts.
Jimmy came back with a simliar plate sitting as close to Scott as possible. Jimmy felt Scott's foot move to touch his own and Jimmy couldn't help but smile at his boyfriend's neediness.
"Can't get enough of me can you?" He teased at the elf.
"So what if I can't, Codfather" Jimmy hates when he does this. Uses his full title when flirting with him, never fails to make him flustered.
Jimmy just looks down at his food picking up the toast and bring it to his lips. Jimmy took a bite of his toast, face still red, eyes not meeting Scott.
Just as he slowed the bite Scott leans in to kiss him. It's slow and soft and Jimmy can't help but lean into Scott as much as possible. The elf laughs as he pulls away light and airy.
"And you say I'm the needy one. Thank you though, breakfast looks lovely." Scott puntuates the sentence with a kiss on Jimmy's cheak before tucking into his food.
Jimmy smiles at him for a second a little lovestruck lopesided smile. Scott looks back up at him smile rising his face as well. A somewhat simple wordless sign between them simpling saying 'I love you.'
Scott breaks their silent conversation by saying,
"How have things been?"
"In Rivendell or in genral?"
"Both." Scott leans a little closer to Jimmy
resting his chin in hands smiling intently at him. Jimmy just shoves his arms a little with a laugh but Scott moves then right back where they were. The cod just shakes his head.
"Okay..I guess." He says trying to make it sound like it has been okay.
"You guess?" Scott asks smile dropping slightly.
"I mean things can't be great with your boyfriend missing." Jimmy tries to joke but his laugh at the end sounds hollow and fake.
"Sunflower," Scott moves the hold one of Jimmy's hands in both his own, "That's not the whole reason and we both know it. Just tell me I'm hear to listen." Scott squeezes Jimmy's hand as if to exentuate his point.
The cod sighed it was moments like this when he wished he always wore his codfather head easier to hide emotions when they can't see your face.
" I don't know. Just felt like everyone stopped listening to me as soon as you left. Like suddenly my thoughts didn't matter anymore because I was "grieving" when in realtily I hadn't even full processed what happened. It was like...It was like without you there I didn't matter anymore. I was just some stupid cod of a stupid little empire." Jimmy felt tears start to pool in his eyes as he spoke. Scott wordless picked Jimmy up from his chair moving him on his own lap.
Jimmy wrapped his arms around his boyfriends neck burrowing his face in Scott's shoulder. Scott pulled Jimmy as close to him as possible, heartbreaking as Jimmy's body shook with his cries. Scott peppered kisses on the cod's blonde hair slowly rubbing his hand up and down Jimmy's back.
"You do matter Jimmy. No matter what they say your important. Your important to me" Scott whispered in Jimmy's ear the pain of seeing Jimmy like this clear in his voice.
Jimmy just sat there holding on to his boyfriend for dear life. Normally words like that would comfort Jimmy (and they did to a certain extent) but only one thought was in Jimmy's mind 'Tell him about Elwyn'. Jimmy didn't want to. He didn't want to ruin Scott's realtionship with the elf or Scott's opinion on him. It would change the whole of Rivendell's council, no doubt Scott would fire Elwyn and then who knows. Jimmy didn't want to be reasponsible for that.
"Who made you feel like this?" Scott's voice broke him from his thoughts. While before his voice had been soft and caring now it was stern and almost intimidating. Before he could think too much Jimmy said
"Elwyn." He snapped his mouth shut as soon as it regeistered what he said. For a hopeful moment Scott said nothing and Jimmy thought he hadn't heard him.
Then Scott pulled him back a little just enough so they could see eachother fully. Jimmy looked down at their legs he remembered wishing for this just yesterday but now..he just wanted to leave. Not that he didn't want to be around Scott - of course he did - he just didn't want to ruin things he had done enough ruining in his life time.
Scott lifted one hand carefully tucking a golden strand behind Jimmy's webbed ears.
"Sunflower," He started his voice light and careful, "What happend?" The elf's eyes where full of consern but also a spark of protectiveness. A spark that Scott would do something rash if Elwyn did any horrible to him. Jimmy didn't want to be the cause of any pain even if Elwyn did do something wrong.
"Nothing. Just forget I said anything its honestly not that important. I'm probally over reacti-" The words came out of the Codfathers mouth faster than the birds fly in the sky but Scott interupted him.
"Jimmy. Jimmy I don't care if you think it's not a big deal if he said anything to you just tell me." When Jimmy didn't say anything he added,
" Just forget who Elwyn is. Forget that I know him, forget that he's head of the council, forget it all. Just talk about it like you talk to me about Fwhip. Like we're just normal people complaining about the our annoying neighbours."Jimmy chuckled slightly at the end. 'Just tell him,' Jimmy thought, 'Just tell him he's your boyfriend'.
Jimmy looked into Scott's eyes for the first time since he had admitted who hurt him. He felt the pit in his stomach shrink a little, it always did when he saw Scott. He looked over his boyfriends face. His icey eyes slightly lightier than normal but a few small things had changed about Scott since he got back like his skin being paler or his skin being colder. He traced the elf's jaw with his eyes admiring it's strong structure. Then he moved to Scott's hair, he noticed how ruffled it was, guessing Scott hadn't brushed it yet this morning. He smiled slightly knowing that Scott wouldn't dare let anyone else see his hair like that. Scott always tried to look as presentable as possible in front of others but it hadn't taken long for the elf to stop caring how he looked around Jimmy. Jimmy will always count him luckly for his realtionship with Scott and just how comfortable they felt around eachother.
Scott was just watching him, watching his eyes survey his own face. Smiling as the corners of Jimmy's lips raised slightly. Loving the fact that Jimmy just looking at him was enough to make him smile.
Jimmy relised he had been staring probally a little bit to long but he couldn't bring himself to care. It wasn't the first time and it definatly wouldn't be the last.
"Are you going to tell me? You don't have to if you really don't want to." Scott gently prodded. Jimmy thought how to approch all that had happened.
"He just..He just didn't listen to me. If I suggested anything he would agree but then suggest something else. Almost like he just wanted to shut me up. He refused
to let me represent Rivendell in any kind of meetings saying 'I couldn't understand' or 'I already had enough on my plate' even if I offered to do so. And then yesterday," He felt his breath hitch slightly, " He..He told me I wasn't entitled to anything in Rivendell."
Scott had been listening paciently rubbing his hand up and down his back in support.
"I'm sorry Jimmy. I wish I could do more right now. He shouldn't have spoken to you like that-"
"He wasn't just saying stuff about me though." Jimmy interupted. Scott looked at him shocked for a second before giving Jimmy a look that ment 'go on'.
"..He was trying to get rid of you. He was trying to make himself King. He didn't say that obviously but he was trying to convise everyone you weren't coming home. Trying to tell them that you didn't disserve to be King after 'deserting us'." Jimmy could feel himself getting more angry as he went on but he honestly couldn't care less. He was angry and he would always be angry at what Elwyn has done.
Scott hadn't moved all joy from his face drained. Suddently Jimmy heard the sound of ice crackling. Then Scott violently shoved him away making him stand a good few feet away from the elf. It was then Jimmy noticed the ice forming on the floor next to Scott's chair, the snowflaked in Scott's hair and the almost blue hue at Scott's fingertips.
Jimmy didn't know what to do.
"Scott?" He asked tentivaly worry seaping into his voice. Scott opened his previously scrunched shut eyes to look at him. For the first time Jimmy can remember he couldn't understand what he saw in Scott's eyes. It was anger and pain but also worry and consern. It was questioning and firm in the same way it was full of hatred and love.
"Scott, listen to me. It's okay. It's going to be okay. Just look at me. I need you to calm down, Petal there is no use being angry here. Follow my breaths." Jimmy accentuated his breath's watching Scott's chest slowly fall in time with his own.
Eventually when Scott's breath seemed to have calmed down Jimmy went to sit back on his chair before Scott called out to him.
"Wait." Scott moved the chair from its place basicaly touching his own to a few feet away before slumping back into his own.
"I don't want to hurt you." The elven king admitted quitely.
Jimmy slowly walked over to his chair sitting down in it. The sat in slience for a moment Jimmy looking at Scott while the elf looked at the floor.The Codfather didn't know what to make of what just happend and by the look on Scott's face neither did he.
"Are you okay, Petal?" the cod asked looking into Scott's eyes. The elf slowly looked up at Jimmy. Scott's eyes flited around Jimmy's face watchibg him searching for something but the ice in his hair seemed to melt when his eyes finally selted on Jimmy's.
"I'm sorry." Scott voice was weak.
"For what?" Jimmy asked wanting to be closer to Scott, to wrap his arms around his boyfriend, but he trusted Scott decisons and would keep his distance for now.
"I almost hurt you. I could have..." the elf's voice faded away
"But you didn't." Jimmy told him strongly. Scott thought for a moment before nodding softly.
Jimmy looked at Scott for a few minutes watching Scott fingers return to their normal pale colour and all the snow melt from his hair. The ice along the chair and floor didn't disappear though, ' I'll clean that up later' Jimmy thought. Scott however was still looking pretty shaken up unsure of what else to do Jimmy said,
"I'm going to go get dressed, you keep eating, then we'll go to Rivendell."
Scott nodded at him picking up his fork and knife cutting into his egg. Turning on his heals Jimmy wondered out the dining room back into the bedroom pulling out the most formal outfit Jimmy owned - which by Scott's standards was not formal at all.
He strided back into the dining room to see Scott fixing his hair in the mirror on the far wall, plate empty by the sink. Jimmy grabed one more bite of toast before putting his plate next to the elf's.
"you ready? " He asked Scott the tealette whipping his head round anxiety clear on his face.
"Uh.. Oh yeah." Scott started anxiously trying to flaten all the little creases in his cloak.
"You know," Jimmy started towards his boyfriend grabing his hand, "If your not ready we can go to see Lizzie or Kathrine and she can hold a meeting and you can see everyone first. Or we can just hang round here for a bit longer."
"Aeor I missed you." Scott said melting into Jimmy, wrapping his arms tightly around him burying in face into the cod's shoulder. Jimmy's hand raised to thread his fingers into his boyfriends cyan locks.
"You better not mess up my hair. I've just gotten it to look somewhat presentable."
"What like this?" Scott could practically hear the mischievous grin taking a hold on the cod's face as he quickly ruffled Scott's hair laughing as the elf pulled back with a cry:
"Jimmy! Oh my Aeor!"
Jimmy attempted to run away from the cyanette laughter erupting around the room.
"Oh no you don't! Come back here!" Scott quickly caught up with his boyfriend wrapping his long arms around Jimmy's waist lifting him just enough so his legs flailed in the air.
"No, no! Scott put me down!" Laughter still spilling inbetween the plees.
"Say sorry first."
"Sorry." Jimmy said although the grin in his voice removed any sense of apologies. No matter Scott put his boyfriend down smiling as Jimmy turned to face him.
" If it makes you feel any better, I like your hair all messed up." Jimmy commented following Scott over to the mirror, standing behind him loosly wrapping his arms around the elf.
"You mean I put all that effort into making it look nice for nothing," A quite laugh sounded from behind Scott, "Anyway I don't think it's a great first impression if I come back home looking disheveled, the council wouldn't be very happy." Oh yeah Jimmy had almost forgotten about having to go to Rivendell and all that had happened the last month.
"You know I wasn't joking about going and seeing someone else first if the councils to much right now." Jimmy's voice suddently serious, as Scott turned to face him in his arms.
"I know, but I need to do this. I want Alvina and the rest of Rivendell to know I'm home, they're probally all worring about me."
With that they stepped outside into the Cod Empire the sun already quite high in the sky causing the water to glitter and shine. Jimmy smiled, as he held onto Scott's hand, a perfect day no, the perfect day because his Scott was home. They caused a few whispers and stares as they steped out into a clearer area to take flight though they would probally get alot of those today. And so they took of into the sky toward the place Scott was both looking forward and dreading going back to.