Marco woke up with an overwhelming sense of insecurity. He slowly stood up and tip toed to his door. He stood at the door and listened around to see if anyone was awake. Hearing nothing, he slowly shut his door and turned on his desk lamp. He sat down and pulled out his sketch book and stared at his wall until something came to him. As soon as he picked up his pencil a vibration came from his bed. The freckled boy stood up and walked to his bed.

New message from: Jean

Marco stared at his phone in shock.

'Jean texted at 4 a.m.? There must be something wrong..'

Marco unlocked his phone and his eyes scanned the message.

Go back to sleep Marco.

He stared at the message in shock and then pulled his curtains back. Outside on the curb was a shadowed figure. Marco looked down at his phone and quickly sent a message back.

If that's you outside, come to my window and I'll let you in.

There was a bright light by the shadow and the figure stood up. It walked over to underneath Marco's window and gave a little wave. Marco slid the window open and popped the screen off quietly.

"Jean, what are you doing?" Marco whispered.

Jean scrambled through the window and landed softly on the floor.

"Remember how I said I was going to come out to my parents? Well, they didn't take it so well and keep getting into arguments and ignoring me..." He said.

Marco sighed and wrapped his arms around Jean.

"It's okay. We support you here," the freckled boy said.

Jean hugged him back.

"I know.. I'm kind of glad you were awake," Jean told him.

Marco smiled.

"Me too."

Marco walked over to his closet and grabbed some extra blankets and pillows.

"Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can sleep in. My mom won't mind." Marco said as he made up the extra bed in his room.

Jean nodded and started changing into some of Marco's extra pajamas.

"You know, we should go somewhere tomorrow," Jean said as he climbed into the extra bed.

"Like where?" Marco asked.

"I don't know. I'm fine with where ever," Jean shrugged.

Marco nodded.

"How about we brainstorm in the morning? We both need sleep," Marco said yawning. "You also need to tell me exactly what happened."

Jean nodded and laid down. Marco turned off his lamp and laid down.

'Poor Jean. He really needs someone there for him. I'm gonna make it my job to keep him happy and safe.' Marco thought as he fell asleep.

A couple hours later, Marco woke up to the sounds of crying. He sat up and looked over and Jean's hunched over form. Concern filled his mind and he stood up and sat next to Jean. His arms wrapped around the weeping boy and Jean leaned into him.

"Shhh... It's okay Jean. It's going to be okay," Marco whispered over and over into Jean's ear.

Jean just continued crying. Eventually Jean calmed down and soon, he had dozed off in Marco's arms. Marco stared down at him.

"I swear to you, I'll take care of you," Marco said almost silently as he fell into the land of dreams.

Um yeah. New story. This is just one for me to fall back on when I need to. I hope it turns out well! Please let me know if you like it(: