7 ~*~ THE WAIT ~*~ 7
Added 2023-02-14 18:55:12 +0000 UTCI break the waters of sleep at the ripples of my partner's return to bed. I let instinct drive my body to heave itself over and curl around them.
"Welcome home," I murmur. My partner says something that doesn't make it through the layer of sleepy haze, and I go, "mm?"
"I said thank you for dinner. It was good," they repeat, voice sodden.
"Bad work day," I venture.
"Yes," they confirm, but push back against my embrace with warmth. "I probably won't be up until you're at work."
I sniffle and nod, and press my face against their pajama-clad back. "Mm. I had a feeling. Is ok."
"Okay."
"Oh," I perk up a little bit as a memory floats up from the depths, "your niece sent us some art. It's lovely. She's been getting good."
"Oh, that was sweet of her. We should put it up, somehow."
"Yeah, that's..." I falter; the sentence took more out of me than I expected. "That's what I said."
My partner says something else, but I've fallen asleep again.
Comments
oof, the "sentence wore me out" feel is so relatable
Danielle Church
2023-02-14 21:55:42 +0000 UTC
