Life With Novo (Or how Will ended up jealosu of a horse), chapter four
Title: Life With Novo (Or how Will ended up jealous of a horse)
Author: xxcabalinaxx
Chapter: Four
Rating: PG - 13 (swearing)
Warnings: RPS, nothing else I can think of
Pairing: Ben Barnes/William Moseley
Summary: When Will's trailer has to go in for repairs, he moves in with Ben for a while and Will learns some things that he never would have expected from Mr. Barnes
Notes: I'm sorry that this has taken me almost a year to get posted. Chapter four was originally much much longer but I decided to chop it up into chapters 4 and 5 which will be following very soon, either later today or tomorrow.
Life With Novo (Or how Will ended up jealous of a horse), Chapter Four
Ben rolled over onto his side and buried his face in the pillow. He took a deep breath and tried to drift back into that wonderful thing called sleep. He had almost succeeded when he felt something nudging at his shoulder, again. He tried to roll his shoulder away from whatever was bothering him, but the nudge would return every few seconds. Giving up on his attempts to fall asleep, Ben rolled onto his back and looked up into the bright brown eyes of Adonia.
“Whaddya wan’ Donnie?” His mumbled words were thick with sleepiness. He blinked a few times as the puppy once again batted at him with her front paws.
Now that she finally had Ben’s attention Adonia cocked her head to the side and let out a whine, followed by a small yip. She looked over to the nightstand then back at Ben.
Ben followed the dog’s gaze and realized that his phone was buzzing quietly. Groggily he reached out and swiped the phone off the table. He turned off the alarm that he had set to go off when he should be heading to wardrobe to get ready for his first scene of the day. But he didn’t have any scenes scheduled that day so why had he set the alarm the night before?
Will rolled over on the bed next to Ben and pressed against his side, the blonde’s head resting on the brunette’s shoulder. A smile tugged at Ben’s lips as he pulled Will closer and buried his face in the fair colored hair.
Now he remembered why the alarm had been set. He didn’t have a scene, but Will did.
“Will?” He nudged the younger man and tried to wake him as gently as he could.
Will mumbled something unintelligible and wrapped his other arm around Ben’s waist. Ben grinned but continued to wake Will, no matter how absolutely gorgeous he looked while he was asleep.
“Don’t want to.” Ben had to give Will some credit; for being half asleep he was pretty good at the whole speech thing.
“You have to be in hair and makeup for filming.”
“When?”
“Ten minutes ago.”
“Shit.”
“My thoughts exactly.”
Twenty minutes later Ben was walking with Will to wardrobe, an arm slung around the blonde’s waist. It had become a common occurrence over the past few weeks to see them together. They hadn’t bothered to hide their relationship. What would be the point of that? They were surrounded by friends and family and none of the crew members would say anything.
Still laughing over something Will had said, Ben held open the door for his boyfriend and followed behind him as they entered the bustling room. Grinning, Will and Ben settled onto a couch in the back of the room and sat quietly as the makeup artist finished working on Skandar.
Will knew he probably looked like hell. He and Ben hadn’t gotten to sleep until nearly three o’clock that morning and it had been a struggle to get out of bed when Ben’s alarm had gone off only a few hours later.
Sighing Will leant a bit more into Ben’s side. “I was a bit surprised to have you with me when I woke up.” He stated softly.
“Hmm?” Ben had buried his face into Will’s downy hair and was still in a sleepy haze.
“Well, usually when the alarm goes off in the morning you are either just getting out of the shower or coming in from wherever it is you go every morning.” There was a small pause and then, “Where do you go?”
Ben stiffened, but kept his face buried in Will’s hair. Shit, shit, shit, shit! He straightened up, but still kept his arms around Will; no need to alarm him. His explanation came out in a tight tone. It sounded awkward, as if he was a bit embarrassed about it. “Er, usually I get up early and go down to the stables for a few hours. Take a ride early in the morning. It started out as a chance to practice with no one around to laugh at me, but it just became habit after a while.”
“Really? That’s kinda sweet.” Will grinned up at him and teasingly added, “And here I thought you were cheating on me already.”
They both laughed, but Ben’s smile became very strained and after placing a quick kiss on Will’s lips, he stood up. “I’ve got to run back to the trailer for a minute. I’ll see you later at set. ‘Kay?”
Will nodded, but before Ben had fully turned away he reached out and grabbed Ben’s shirt. Will hauled him back and got a proper kiss from his boyfriend. With a silly grin on his face he murmured softly against Ben’s lips, “Fine, just don’t take forever.”
Ben grinned and nodded and turned to walk back to the trailer. Once he was out the door of the building, Ben took off in an all out run towards the stables. Shit! How could he have slept through his alarm? Well, he had gone to bed pretty late the previous night, but he had never had a problem waking up before, why today of all days did he have to be lazy?
Ben never broke his speed, and was panting harshly as he reached the wooden building. He slowed to a power walk and went directly to Novo’s stall. It was empty. Shit.