And I'm split in half, but that'll have to do
Taking the extra moment to take his pants off as well and not thinking anything of it, he folded them as well before placing them on his shirt. Glancing at the bed where a familiar Mateo-shaped lump had formed, the aviator smiled affectionately as he too slid beneath the sheets.
Assuming that he'd be the big spoon—both because he now identified as a top and because Mateo seemed like he might need it—Everest slunk his way lower into the bed and spread out the arm nearest the botanist to act as a secondary pillow. "Of course. La Verbena feels very much like an extension of you." Everest remarks as if to imply he'd not treat her with anything but his best.
"Is everything alright with your family, by the way?" The question rises suddenly in his mind as Ever belatedly realizes that perhaps the reason they'd been so busy was because of some incident or other. They'd all seemed fine when he saw them at the Ball, but that hardly meant anything.
Assuming that he'd be the big spoon—both because he now identified as a top and because Mateo seemed like he might need it—Everest slunk his way lower into the bed and spread out the arm nearest the botanist to act as a secondary pillow. "Of course. La Verbena feels very much like an extension of you." Everest remarks as if to imply he'd not treat her with anything but his best.
"Is everything alright with your family, by the way?" The question rises suddenly in his mind as Ever belatedly realizes that perhaps the reason they'd been so busy was because of some incident or other. They'd all seemed fine when he saw them at the Ball, but that hardly meant anything.
