dream ~ one
Privacy: open like a book is open 8D
She always wakes up before he does. It's always been that way. No matter what time it is when they both drift off, her eyes always flicker open after a few hours, while Lyle's stay shut well into what counts for morning on a spaceship.
So with nothing better to do, she watches him sleeping. His chest rises and falls slowly, and he looks so... peaceful. It’s nice, she thinks, to think that it's possible for someone to be that unworried, even if it's only for a short time. Especially with their profession.
He rolls over slightly in his sleep, unconsciously shifting closer to her, and she smiles and brushes a strand of hair out of his face, wondering what it'll be like to wake up next to him when all this is over.
[opens her eyes, a small smile still on her face]
She always wakes up before he does. It's always been that way. No matter what time it is when they both drift off, her eyes always flicker open after a few hours, while Lyle's stay shut well into what counts for morning on a spaceship.
So with nothing better to do, she watches him sleeping. His chest rises and falls slowly, and he looks so... peaceful. It’s nice, she thinks, to think that it's possible for someone to be that unworried, even if it's only for a short time. Especially with their profession.
He rolls over slightly in his sleep, unconsciously shifting closer to her, and she smiles and brushes a strand of hair out of his face, wondering what it'll be like to wake up next to him when all this is over.
[opens her eyes, a small smile still on her face]