#i. lahey. v. 1 — there is no higher honour than to be given the responsibility to care for another human being

[mystiika]

@yxkanna — a random christmas starter for the love of his life <3

gift giving had never really been isaac's strong suit given his lack of experience permeating through all his young. but the more he aged & the more he found joy celebrating christmas, the more fun he found it. gifts to really catch nick by surprise were his favourite, isaac trying to pick things he knew nick would love but wouldn't think to ask for himself. espcially since it could be tough pulling an answer from him some of the time. but this year, his gift was SOLID.

the box shows a sweater first ( one isaac thought would look great on nick & really compliment his eyes ). but upon pulling it out to inspect, an envolope was set to fall — 2 tickets to what's arguably one of the biggest games the rangers would be playing that season. they weren't front row, but they were pretty damn close.

❝ so? am i good or am i good.. ! ❞ & he just looks so proud of himself because he knows he absolutely NAILED IT.

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@yxkanna — continued from here.

❝ you look like you could use a hand with that. ❞

SOMEONE DIDN'T PUT the ECG back properly the last time they used it and now he's been untangling wires for the past several minutes - he hasn't kept track of how many, but apparently it was enough to catch the attention of one of his classmates. Nick looks up at him from his cross-legged position on the floor (fuck, he's tall, isn't he?) and eyes him critically, lithe fingers stilling their movements temporarily as he assesses the other. "DO I?" COMES the sarcasm, "Well - you any good with untanglin' shit? Seems like the more I try the more fucked it gets."

isaac ignores the tone, taking him literally despite any actual intention. he'd been keeping an eye out for an excuse to talk to the other. he seemed interesting & cute so isaac figured he should take advantage, gentle yet unwilling to lose out on the opportunity. ❝ yeah i'm not half bad, ❞ isaac then moves to the floor, sitting across from the other just close enough to take over. his hands move deftly ( managing to have at least marginally better luck than his classmate ), with fingers thinner than expected from someone of his stature but he's always found it to work in his favour. ❝ i'm isaac by the way. ❞

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@yxkanna asked: NEW YEAR’S KISS 🗡️ meme: send “new years kiss” to give my muse a kiss at midnight on new year’s eve ( accepting, specify platonic or romantic if you have a preference !! )

addmittedly, it had been a long week. they'd been forced to take an extra shift after a large pile up had happened right at the start of their week, & even their regular shifts seemed to have been especially draining. but, isaac had to admit it worked out rather well, if only because isaac had booked a stay-cation in a hotel overlooking the square, as a little surprise.

so there they were, donned in hotel bathrobes, overlooking the ball drop in time square. isaac's standing behind nick, head resting on his lover's shoulder with his arms around his waist. they can hear all the bustling noise where they were, watching the ball slowly lower amongst the excited commotion. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 then finally 1.

isaac shifts, hand quick under nicks chin to tip his head up towards him, kissing with absolutely no end in mind. instead isaac moves to face nick, kissing until he lifts him up ( every intention of moving them to the bed... again ), whispering a ❝ happy new year. ❞ against nick's lips with a grin.

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@yxkanna — continued from here.

❝ we had to just, like, fight people, sometimes to the death. ❞ isaac casually dropping more beacon hills lore

IT ISN'T THE words themselves that concern Nick. Things were fucked up in Beacon Hills, he knew that. He's heard enough wretched stories by now from Isaac that fighting people to the death in high school isn't really that much of a surprise to him to hear about anymore. He'd have been more surprised if Isaac hadn't fought someone to the death before. IT'S HOW CASUAL he is about it that makes his heart sink a little bit. He'd been in as many fights as there were days in school way back when, but he'd never thought he'd get fucking killed during any of them (well, maybe one of them, but biting someone's ankle is surprisingly effective at getting them to fuck off). So he offers Isaac one of his fries, holding it up to his mouth in case he wanted to take it. "DID YOU WIN?"

he could admit, it was a little strange how far removed isaac had become from his past in beacon hills. it almost felt like some terrible fever dream — with downright scooby doo like villains at times from how ridiculous some of their origins were. unforunately what he found humour in sounded very different when he said it out loud. 

& when nick asks him if he won, it was hard to answer. he'd survived every battle, every fight & test he'd faced. & together they'd took down every person they had to for the sake of the lives they'd managed to save. but it never really felt like winning. he'd lost too many people to a fate none of them deserved to deal with as young as they were. 

so he leans forward the inch needed to take the fry between his teeth, quick to take it in but answers nick before he finishes chewing. ❝ well.... i only died once so yeah, i'd say i won. ❞

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@yxkanna asked: "Come back to bed."

nick beckons him with quiet words, arms folded around the front of isaac's shoulders as he bends over the back of the couch to reach him. so turns the taller to kiss nick's cheek almost apologetically for having woken up alone. isaac had woken up somewhere around 2am, unable to fall back asleep ( despite his best efforts ), he opted to read on the couch. but what he hadn't realised just how long he'd been reading until he saw the clock on his phone tick a second longer before reading a clear '4:02 a.m.'. next is the soft thump as he closes his book, & while he wasn't sure if he'd be able to sleep right away, he knew at least having nick sleeping in his arms would help & nick would sleep better with him there. so, he lets his boyfriend sleepily pull him by the hand back to their bedroom & isaac is quick to settle in with him. one of nick's arms ends up over his middle, the other tucked to let him as close to isaac as possible, ear to his chest. while isaac's own arms ended with one tucked behind his head, the other one around nick's shoulders where isaac's thumb gently swipes across his bicep & back again. &, to nick's credit, isaac fell asleep rather quickly after that — comfortable & content in the arms of his love.

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