Out of stubbornness more than anything, Jason refuses to relinquish the bed. He flings her arm back at her (not hard enough to wake her, it seems) and all but digs into the bed, nestling his face into the blanket and dimly thinking of how he hopes she stays on her side.
Not for lack of wealth, but perhaps out of some misguided attempt to bond the children, his parents had their kids sleep in the same beds together throughout most of their childhood. It was only after Jason reached puberty that he and Quentin stopped sleeping back-to-back, tucked under separate blankets, in the same room as Caddy and Benjy strangely spooned. Oddly, Swann's weight in the bed relaxes Jason a little, and he exhales deeper than he has for the last few weeks. For a few hours, they sleep, both of them snoring, him gently and hers almost vengefully loud.
Still, it seems like no time at all has passed when Jason's phone goes off with the plain, pre-set alarm. He groans and rummages across the nightstand to turn it off. The dawn is just barely lighting the sky up with its fleeting lavender.
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Not for lack of wealth, but perhaps out of some misguided attempt to bond the children, his parents had their kids sleep in the same beds together throughout most of their childhood. It was only after Jason reached puberty that he and Quentin stopped sleeping back-to-back, tucked under separate blankets, in the same room as Caddy and Benjy strangely spooned. Oddly, Swann's weight in the bed relaxes Jason a little, and he exhales deeper than he has for the last few weeks. For a few hours, they sleep, both of them snoring, him gently and hers almost vengefully loud.
Still, it seems like no time at all has passed when Jason's phone goes off with the plain, pre-set alarm. He groans and rummages across the nightstand to turn it off. The dawn is just barely lighting the sky up with its fleeting lavender.