( bucky's not used to sharing a bed with anyone anymore, and yet it's shockingly comfortable, the way she sprawls against him and jots her head against the crook of his human shoulder. the way they've arranged themselves in the bed, the favourite side she'd settled on, thankfully it means he can keep his metal arm on the other side away from her (an unconscious tic, even now). he shifts in the warm tangled sheets, tugs his briefs back into place, and settles until he's propped against her stack of pillows.
the question of leaving doesn't even occur to him. she said she wanted him to stay, and so he would. )
Thank you.
( he murmurs against the top of her head, lips brushing her hair. he's certain the main problem will be falling asleep at all, and yet as he sinks into the bed, the exhaustion rolls over him in a drowning wave, tugging at him with heavy weight. sinking beneath the water and feeling it nipping at his heels. even as it encroaches, the greatest surprise is realising that he could actually doze right here, just drift off with the gentle rise-and-fall of his chest under karen's chin, her hand splayed across his skin, her legs tangled in his. )
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the question of leaving doesn't even occur to him. she said she wanted him to stay, and so he would. )
Thank you.
( he murmurs against the top of her head, lips brushing her hair. he's certain the main problem will be falling asleep at all, and yet as he sinks into the bed, the exhaustion rolls over him in a drowning wave, tugging at him with heavy weight. sinking beneath the water and feeling it nipping at his heels. even as it encroaches, the greatest surprise is realising that he could actually doze right here, just drift off with the gentle rise-and-fall of his chest under karen's chin, her hand splayed across his skin, her legs tangled in his. )