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[ooh_lily]

Lily Strombeck had never been great at mornings. Back home in Long Bay, sometimes, she'd had to go out early, before the sun was even up, for work, and she'd always been slow to wake, but she'd managed it. Now, on the island, she ran mostly on Emmy-time. Whenever Emmy came squirming into bed with them, that was time to wake up

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[single_digit]

Eddie didn't notice anything was amiss at all at first, because it was Lily, and Lily was familiar no matter what. But as he gradually started to wake up he started to twig that something was different from when they'd gone to sleep.

"Hmm, Lily?" he said groggily, without opening his eyes.

[ooh_lily]

Lily made a soft, protesting noise and pressed her face into Eddie's chest, tucking her hand under his arm.

"It's early yet," she muttered. "Em's not even awake yet."

[single_digit]

"Lily?" he said again, that familiarity-unfamiliarity nagging at him. "Lill, is everything okay?"

[ooh_lily]

Lily finally half sat up, her hair hanging in her eyes as she looked down at her husband.

"Eddie, it's first thing in the morning. What could possibly be wrong?"