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May's stint of overflowing only lasted two nights.
Something about the change in context, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous, though. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she'd added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.
May's stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous, though. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she'd added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.
Awkward, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else, and the added warmth certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.
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A ping from May shortly after sunrise woke em, and the jolt startled Sasha awake as well.
"Uh, sorry," ey mumbled, extricating eir arms from around her. "May pinged"
"Uh, sorry," ey mumbled, extricating eir arms from around her. "May pinged."
Sasha levered herself up and squinted out into the orange and pink of dawn. "How is she up before me?" she grumbled.
"Probably because she got good sleep and I kept you up being a mope."
She shrugged noncommittally. "Slept well enough later on, at least. Did she say anything?"
She shrugged noncommittally, yawned. "Slept well enough later on, at least. Did she say anything?"
Ey shook eir head. "No, just a ping. No real urgency, though. Surprised I didn't sleep through it."
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"Mm, fair enough," ey said, grinding the heels of eir palms against eir eyes. To May, ey sent a ping in response, plus a subvocalized, "*You okay?*"
"Better, yes," came the reply. "Though I am feeling quite bad about sending you off like that. Not about waking you up, though. You sound cute when you are groggy."
"*Better, yes,*" came the reply. "*I am feeling quite bad about sending you off like that. Not about waking you up, though. You sound cute when you are groggy.*"
Ey snorted, shook eir head. "Yeah, she's fine," ey said to Sasha.
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May sighed, nodded. "I do at that. All the same, the wave has crested and gone, and now perhaps I can relax enough to do so. Coffee first, though.
They settled around the dining table and focused on said coffee for a bit. It was good to be back to coffee that didn't require straining out the occasional percolated ground through one's teeth.
They settled on deck chairs for Sasha's sake and focused on said coffee for a bit, watching the dawn. It was good to be back to coffee that didn't require straining out the occasional percolated ground through one's teeth.
"Are you two okay?" May said at last.