Nightmares don't always completely reflect what happened to you, they can sometimes be nonsensical shards of every day life that leave you woken by the taste of salt in your mouth and the distinct metallic pang of hunger. And Jonathan Sims has always been hungry.

It's not right to sit there in the dark, he thought. He should try to sleep or get some work done. Two choices and he had to pick one. A simple decision really. Option one or two. Which one.

His brain was like a stuck record, half in the previous dimension of old men and sharks. Of grief and mistakes and regret and the blood tinged water, turning a sickly, luminescent green. He thought he woke up crying. He wasn't so sure now. Weighing up the pros and cons of waking Martin took up the rest of the space in his brain, his face slack with effort.

Pros: possible comfort, someone to help sort through the landfill of his brain, Martin.

Cons: Jon would rather die than inconvenience Martin in anyway.

A simple decision really. Just like the old man walking into the shark infested waters with stones in his coat pocket. Jon rolled over, his covers being long abandoned, and stared at Martin. It was a safe thing to look at. Not prey or predator. No sharp teeth or memories here. So much to take advantage of but absolutely no conviction to do so.

Martin was pretty. Jon found the word unusual in his mouth, plosive sounds tap-tapping against his teeth. But it was true and Jon would have to get used to those. Eyelashes that caressed his cheeks and a sharp grin hidden beneath gentle lips. He loved it. He loved him.

If only his nightmares were more solid - predictable in their form of torture. Then maybe he could wake Martin and the words to explain wouldn't feel like burnt sugar on his tongue.

For now, he drank his fill of Martin until he was no longer hungry.

Unintentionally gave myself the theme of fanfic on top of the @jonmartinweek prompts more on these works under the cut <3

First Kiss is Come home to me by ragesyndrom

POV Outsider is nor any more youth or age than there is now by Ravenesta

Nightmare is Try Again by ashlooloo

Beyond the grave is Two Graves by SupposedToBeWriting

These are all stories that are deeply beloved to me and I hope you like my super quick fineliner sketches and quotes in my abysmal hand writing <3

They are sleepy

What do you mean this isn’t what the prompt meant?

Jmart week 2024 day one: first kiss

@jonmartinweek week is feeding me so well keep up the good work fellas🙏

THE GUYS THE GUYS ARE BACK!!

I’m so crazy over jmart it’s insane

[ID: A full-body drawing of Jon and Martin from the Magnus Archives kissing in a supply closet. Jon is a thin tall Indian man with long, dark curly hair. Martin is a fat white man with short hair and glasses who is slightly shorter than Jon. The drawing is rendered in murky green colors, with highlights in yellow. Martin leaned back against a shelf, tilting back under his weight, causing items on the shelf to fall backward. Jon is pressing Martin into the shelf, holding Martin's face in one hand and holding on to the shelf to keep it from falling with the other. Martin clutches Jon's shirt, and holds the back of his head. They are illuminated from above by a single bare bulb hanging from the ceiling.

The supply closet is cramped and dirty and filled with many items on shelves. Items include cleaning supplies, boxes, and crumpled paper. Strings of black magnetic tape hang from various shelves and from the ceiling. A mop hangs on one wall near a bucket labeled "MOP WATER (HAUNTED)." There is a CO2 fire extinguisher on the ground, close to a tape recorder, with spools of magnetic tape unfurling from inside. There are two jars labeled "???" on different shelves. One of the jars appears to have eyeballs floating in murky water, while the other has a vague bulbous shape inside that could be a large worm or an organ of some kind. Two ghostly faces are hidden in the drawing, one under a shelf and one in a box. End Image ID]

KISS A MAN IN A HAUNTED CLOSET (still technically kinda in time for @jonmartinweek :3 office romance prompt)

JonMartin Week: Day 2

I’ll Wait For You

Second day of @jonmartinweek!!

Happy Ace Day :)

@jonmartinweek

representation matters 🫧

7/31 | the irony is that i’m posting this at 2am. but it’s morning somewhere in the world so it counts!

Re-uploading these two separately because they are so important to me.

@jonmartinweek Day 2: Outside POV

POV: you’re on a train to Scotland or whatever and you look into this cabin and for a second it seems really weird in there

Probably’ll post my jmart week sketches tomorrow when I catch up the last two but I am working on it and made it accidentally harder on myself

Jmart gets a silly lil smooch this week. 🫶

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Today’s Reference

Jmart week 2024

I do want to participate in jonmartin week this year, but I will be a day late so hopefully two posts tomorrow!

Belated tma secret santa gift hosted over on instagram-- Fluffy safehouse jmart :)