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wyll failed. again. he always seemed to be doing that recently, and he was disappointing his team with it. which, well, he was already a disappointment before the trident- it just.. hit harder when he actually had others to bring down.
"wyll?" napa's voice came from the base's entrance, and wyll stopped his pacing. "huh- wh-" the demon cleared his throat, "mmmmm, yes naparaziel?"
napa's groan was evident and, if wyll stretched it, it almost sounded annoyed. disappointed. very much directed towards him, mhm, mhm.
"what the fuck was that, man?" epax asks from behind the moth and his smirk was clear in his voice.
"yo- bro, don't blame me!" wyll exclaimed, waving his hands frantically in front of him. he tried to keep his expression level and even, to not betray his true.. distress, at the situation.
napa rolled his eyes, punched epax's shoulder- not hard enough to make an impact, clearly, as the recoil was purely theatrical-, and approached wyll, putting that exact hand on his shoulder.
wyll half-expected napa to push him away, even if jokingly. what he didn't expect were the gentle words that came from napa's mouth: "what- whatever that was- don't blame yourself. that was completely unfair and stupid- not your fault. your all good; we just need to get you regeared and stuff."
when wyll shifted his eyes to behind the moth hybrid, epax was nodding along- ender mask now off. okay- yeah- this was serious now. no more silly galoofing around. time to lock in.
"i mean-" wyll once again averted his gaze, looking away from them both. thinking more on it, there was absolutely utterly no way he was going to win this argument against napa. deeply, he sighed. "fine- whaaaattteeveerrr.." he drawled with a whining tone as usual.
napa seemed to relax at that, his antennae drooping comfortably lower. he removed his armor, gesturing for wyll to do the same. he almost didn't, but he hesitantly proceeded when he spotted epax stripping his armor as well.
"okayyy soooo.." wyll once again drawled his words, looking between napa and epax. "whaaatt are we dooinnggg..."
napa didn't respond- well, verbally at least. he did grab wyll's wrist and drag him towards the three beds at the center of the base. "we're taking a... small break." he said, voice holding a small amount of mischief in it.
wyll held back the urge to roll his eyes, say some dumb shit, and flop onto his bed (which was strangely the orange one in the middle. ew. orange is the most disgusting color) and forget about the day.
both napa and epax seemed to have different ideas, as napa pulled him down with him onto the beds. his arms wrapped around wyll's midsection, flicking his suspenders thoughtlessly. epax rolled his eyes. "don't worry. he gets like this after a long day." he said as he sat down next to them. "also- like- napa, dude- share??"
wyll felt like his head was reeling- napa's breath against the back of his neck and epax's hand so close to his horns; it was a little overwhelming if he may say so!
finally, finally, FINALLY, one of them touched his horns- slightly scratching at the base of it. he, like, wasn't even paying attention to who! but the way he reacted with a purr-like sound seemed to get an amused laugh from them both.
"he seems to like that," napa cooed to epax and the pressure against wyll's horns increased- in a good way.
epax rolled his eyes this time, giving his own love to wyll's head by giving it a small pat-pat. "c'mon, napa, stop teasing. let's actually get some sleep now."
the scratching stopped (and it took everything in wyll to NOT make the most whiny, pathetic noise ever made. and if he did, none of them acknowledged it) and epax moved to lay next to them, also wrapping his arms around wyll.