Fire in the Blood
“He didn’t seem like an early riser, so I blinked at him with bleary concern.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
He sat up and rubbed his face with his hands. “Simon is calling me.”
Huh. Wasn’t expecting that one. Honestly I doubted that we’d ever hear from him again.
“You think it’s a trap?” I asked.
“Perhaps.”
I nodded. “Lemme dress and we’ll go.”
“You should stay here. Go back to sleep.” Faust turned and stroked my hair. It was a perfectly sensible request, so of course I ignored it and got out of bed....
“Nope. We’re in this together. You go, I go.”
Though he sighed, he nodded in agreement. “Very well.” His familiar gray suit appeared around him in a quick blink, ruining my view of his nakedness as he rose. Pity. The glasses reappeared as well, and I detoured from finding clothes long enough to gently remove his specs and slip them into his jacket pocket.
“Your eyes are pretty. Stop hiding them,” I insisted.
Faust frowned. “I like my spectacles.MoreLess
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
He sat up and rubbed his face with his hands. “Simon is calling me.”
Huh. Wasn’t expecting that one. Honestly I doubted that we’d ever hear from him again.
“You think it’s a trap?” I asked.
“Perhaps.”
I nodded. “Lemme dress and we’ll go.”
“You should stay here. Go back to sleep.” Faust turned and stroked my hair. It was a perfectly sensible request, so of course I ignored it and got out of bed....
“Nope. We’re in this together. You go, I go.”
Though he sighed, he nodded in agreement. “Very well.” His familiar gray suit appeared around him in a quick blink, ruining my view of his nakedness as he rose. Pity. The glasses reappeared as well, and I detoured from finding clothes long enough to gently remove his specs and slip them into his jacket pocket.
“Your eyes are pretty. Stop hiding them,” I insisted.
Faust frowned. “I like my spectacles.MoreLess
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