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“ yes. ” she answers immediately , but softly. not surprised to find him here. “ melody’s asleep. lashanas asleep. your mother is asleep. everyone is asleep , but me. because i miss you and want you in bed with me. ” and she doesn’t +

she swears , she checked there , but she’s checking again. might have just been bad timing. and now , finally , she finds him. right where he usually is , sound asleep at his desk. she takes quiet steps over to him , fingertips +

they’ve got a picnic basket here with a little cake in it that 𝒔𝒉𝒆 made herself. while there’s the gigantic one in the kitchen for later celebrations. she ends up crawling into his lap and making herself comfortable sitting sideways, pressing a lingering kiss to his +

her smile stretches to the side only to sadden a little at the question. she misses home. but not enough to be sad about it. this is where her husband and daughter are. “ yeah i do. some days more than others. . . but then seeing your face usually helps with that pretty +

she can’t help but chuckle— eyes glistening as he walks further into the room. she’s always so glad to see him, even after three or so years of marriage. “ okay— not a word of it, got it. ” she’s sitting crisscross on the bed, letting her focus drift more towards her +

she’s completely lost in her own head, humming happily as she strings together a necklace constructed of cowrie shells for their little melody. maybe she’ll make eric a bracelet too. but after a while— you can always feel someone staring at you and when she turns her head +