"Guess you'll find out." He says. "And it's not all bad. I mean, it's a dump, but it's home, you know?" He says, somewhat fondly. Then: "This is your last chance to come to your senses and take the bed 'cause I'm gonna pass out if you don't."
She rolls her eyes at him. "Unless you want me to come up there and try to squeeze in next to you, no."
Lifting him wasn't the most strenuous thing she's ever done, and she's fully recovered from what strain it was, but she didn't do it for shits and giggles. She was proving a point. She's going to sleep on the floor, and he can enjoy a proper mattress and a fully belly.
"Alright, darlin', you had your chance." He laughs, sitting up to shrug out of his vest and shirt before flopping back onto the lumpy pillow, sprawling as if he's savoring even this narrow mattress.
A few moments later, Steph will discover that her companion snores like a grizzly bear when he's fully asleep.
This is certainly not the first time she's seen Eskel shirtless, although this time her vision isn't clouded by that strange soft-focus haze that the spring gave everything. He's heavily scarred, yes, but that's clearly not an issue for her after the life she's lived and the fact that they've spent a whole day in each other's company, so all the dying firelight does is illuminate him beautifully and give her the opportunity to admire the figure he cuts as he gets himself comfortable and drops off to sleep.
Giving in to the urge to poke the fire a little, she gives herself a minute or two to absorb the realities of her current situation, stretches a little to make her back crack again, and then lies herself down and drifts off to the rhythmic sound of Eskel snoring a few feet away.
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Date: 2021-08-21 12:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-08-21 01:32 am (UTC)Lifting him wasn't the most strenuous thing she's ever done, and she's fully recovered from what strain it was, but she didn't do it for shits and giggles. She was proving a point. She's going to sleep on the floor, and he can enjoy a proper mattress and a fully belly.
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Date: 2021-08-21 01:38 am (UTC)A few moments later, Steph will discover that her companion snores like a grizzly bear when he's fully asleep.
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Date: 2021-08-21 01:49 am (UTC)Giving in to the urge to poke the fire a little, she gives herself a minute or two to absorb the realities of her current situation, stretches a little to make her back crack again, and then lies herself down and drifts off to the rhythmic sound of Eskel snoring a few feet away.