[ She'd attempted it once before, though the circumstances had certainly been different. He had a poor reaction to her touching his face with damp hands—a complete accident, on her part. It wasn't like she'd known that was a problem for him. And he hadn't anticipated it being a thing to worry about.
So they ended up with her on the couch. And then on the floor of their room. Eventually, they'd made a wall of pillows between them on the bed so he wouldn't accidentally come in contact with her in the middle of the night.
He's since recovered and they've gone back to their usual closeness. At least at the start of the night. In the morning, he ends up rolling towards her again if his consciousness surfaces before she gets up.
Still, the point is: it hadn't been a good time, having her be not in the bed. He'd been worried about her getting a good sleep. And he'd missed her, almost desperately. Even if he couldn't have touched her without his stomach curling.
Nothing like now, where he kisses her cheek and feels nothing but a small uptick of happiness. ]
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Date: 2020-12-13 05:42 pm (UTC)[ She'd attempted it once before, though the circumstances had certainly been different. He had a poor reaction to her touching his face with damp hands—a complete accident, on her part. It wasn't like she'd known that was a problem for him. And he hadn't anticipated it being a thing to worry about.
So they ended up with her on the couch. And then on the floor of their room. Eventually, they'd made a wall of pillows between them on the bed so he wouldn't accidentally come in contact with her in the middle of the night.
He's since recovered and they've gone back to their usual closeness. At least at the start of the night. In the morning, he ends up rolling towards her again if his consciousness surfaces before she gets up.
Still, the point is: it hadn't been a good time, having her be not in the bed. He'd been worried about her getting a good sleep. And he'd missed her, almost desperately. Even if he couldn't have touched her without his stomach curling.
Nothing like now, where he kisses her cheek and feels nothing but a small uptick of happiness. ]
I can make it up to you.