MHA #6, Wednesday Afternoon
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They hadn't gotten home until almost dawn yesterday morning, trying to plan for the Covenant and what they could do to keep Baltimore safe from them. And Verity, more dispirited than she was willing to let on, had just fallen facefirst into their--her bed the moment they'd gotten into the bedroom, barely taking the time to kick off her shoes and remove her holster.
Even now, it was afternoon and she was struggling against waking up. Liam was a warm presence beside her, offering comfort just by being there. What would she be doing now if she didn't have him, she wondered? Trying to bring people together all by herself? No one to hold her when it all got to be a bit too much? It was bad enough those rare nights he went back to his place and she didn't follow along; imagining not having him at all was...awful.
Without saying anything, she rolled over on her side and wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his side.
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Even now, it was afternoon and she was struggling against waking up. Liam was a warm presence beside her, offering comfort just by being there. What would she be doing now if she didn't have him, she wondered? Trying to bring people together all by herself? No one to hold her when it all got to be a bit too much? It was bad enough those rare nights he went back to his place and she didn't follow along; imagining not having him at all was...awful.
Without saying anything, she rolled over on her side and wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his side.
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Date: 2019-02-20 07:49 pm (UTC)Most days, he'd slip out of bed and go for a run, maybe pick up or make breakfast if he thought she might be awake by the time he returned. Sometimes, he'd return to bed after and just... doze, with her.
This morning, though, he hadn't been able to bring himself to leave at all. It wasn't until morning faded into afternoon that he felt Verity start to stir awake, and as she curled around him, he brought one hand up to stroke her hair gently.
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Date: 2019-02-20 08:02 pm (UTC)Verity didn't think she could handle that. Not now. Maybe not ever.
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Date: 2019-02-20 08:21 pm (UTC)It had not been morning for a while now, but that wasn't the point.
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Date: 2019-02-20 08:29 pm (UTC)Not unlike a cat, actually.
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Date: 2019-02-20 08:33 pm (UTC)"Good morning sunshine," he said, his tone teasing. "Why do you rise so soon? You used to rise at twelve'o'clock, but today you rose at..." he glanced at his watch, discarded on the bedside table the night before- "two, actually."
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Date: 2019-02-20 08:44 pm (UTC)That was very co-dependent of you, Very.
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Date: 2019-02-20 09:41 pm (UTC)Liam, she didn't just mean the bed.
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Date: 2019-02-20 09:46 pm (UTC)"No, I mean...not just the bed. The house. In general."
Wait no.
"Not like I'm going to Mrs. Rochester you!" she added quickly. "But what if...what if you just...stayed. Here. With me."
Verity, how were you so bad at this?
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Date: 2019-02-20 09:52 pm (UTC)"Oh," he said, voice going soft. "I think I would-I'd like that," he said, after a few beats of silence.
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Date: 2019-02-20 09:56 pm (UTC)"You already have a key," she said quietly. "And a drawer. What if you just had...more? Your stuff could fit into the office."
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Date: 2019-02-20 10:17 pm (UTC)"Yeah," he nodded. "This place... it's been home for a while, I think," he admitted. No offense to the guys over in the House of Bachelors, but he hadn't been a bachelor in a long while.
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Date: 2019-02-20 10:20 pm (UTC)"Yeah," Verity said. "And...I like that. More than I thought I'd ever like sharing space with anyone."
Sure, it helped he wasn't about to sing hosannas at her in the morning or leave traps for her in the shower, but a lot of it was just liking Liam.
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Date: 2019-02-20 10:33 pm (UTC)"Sharing with you feels right," Liam agreed. "Comfortable. You know?"
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