hard_talker: ((MH) the fit hits the shan)
hard_talker ([personal profile] hard_talker) wrote in [community profile] paradisalogs2012-02-12 11:55 pm

station identification break - brought to you by Hallmark

Who: Mark & Nora
What: Locked in! WAT DO.
When: All Three Days (Saturday, Sunday, Monday)
Where: Nora's room
Rating: R for language... and possibly other things ...

For some reason, Mark had always fallen asleep the easiest when he folded his arms behind his head. He'd never quite been able to figure out why - he just knew that it worked, putting his neck at just the right angle to be comfortable.

So it's more the shift in his posture that wakes him than the sun through the windows - suddenly his neck's elevated too far, and it's not quite as easy to breathe. He fishes around behind his head, blearily, and discovers the problem easily enough, even half asleep - there are four pillows wedged under his head and shoulders. He pulls them out - all small and of various shapes and materials - and tosses them on the floor, then rearranges the one pillow that's left and refolds his arms. Right. Back to sleep.

Wait.

Pillows.

His eyes shoot open, and he stares at a ceiling that's still pretty familiar, even though it isn't his. Even though he knows what he's going to see when he looks beside him, he's still in a nice, healthy state of denial. He's probably just dreaming.

He rolls over and looks at Nora - curled up on her side, asleep, absolutely beautiful, and perfect, and far too amazing to even feasibly be interested in him, let alone a confirmed girlfriend who's told him she loves him somewhat recently. From this angle, he can almost see down her nightshirt. Almost.

"Okay," he mumbles to himself, vaguely flustered, but mostly out of guilt. "Nice dream and all, but it's time to wake up now, buddy."

He reaches up and pinches his own forearm - and promptly shrieks for two reasons. One: that fucking hurt, and two: holyshitthisisn'tadreamhe'sinbedwithNoraOHSHIT.

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