( Despite the thin film of sweat that coats her skin, sticking hair to her face and arms, Kate doesn't make the slightest movement to clean up, not yet. Not when bliss still lingers and she can't wipe the traces of a smile from her lips.
She isn't unhappy back home, there's friends and a reason to wake up in the morning, things to do and the promise that home will be better now that some form of peace has been declared, but it's been a long time since Kate can remember feeling this... content. Where the curve of her lips is automatic and impossible to stop and the idea of lazing about in bed sounds more appealing than doing much of anything. )
You staying?
( Here, with her, or does he need to make his way back to his own place for the night? )
[He had no immediate thoughts on leaving, one way or another. How could he even think of it, when warm satisfaction is sinking into every muscle and he can't help but feel so very much like he belongs right where he is?
It isn't a question, and he requires no answer as he finds one of her hands, taking it in his and lifting it to his lips.]
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She isn't unhappy back home, there's friends and a reason to wake up in the morning, things to do and the promise that home will be better now that some form of peace has been declared, but it's been a long time since Kate can remember feeling this... content. Where the curve of her lips is automatic and impossible to stop and the idea of lazing about in bed sounds more appealing than doing much of anything. )
You staying?
( Here, with her, or does he need to make his way back to his own place for the night? )
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[He had no immediate thoughts on leaving, one way or another. How could he even think of it, when warm satisfaction is sinking into every muscle and he can't help but feel so very much like he belongs right where he is?
It isn't a question, and he requires no answer as he finds one of her hands, taking it in his and lifting it to his lips.]
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( They can spend some time like this for now, her hand slipping out of his grasp and finding the side of his face, curling around his jaw lightly.
Soon enough she'll move to shower, but for now she's content, warm feelings fluttering indescribably through her chest. )