Room 324, Sunday Morning

[vanillajello]

Uncharacteristically, Kate was awake first. Not that that meant much: it wasn't like she'd moved yet or anything. Why would she have, when she was all wrapped up in blankets with Bod and could just enjoy his body heat and his familiar smell and feel all right there, close to her?

... Well, actually, she could think of a reason. It just came to her, suddenly, something they'd talked about, something she'd put some thought into later. She was warm and happy and it seemed like as good a time as any, probably for those very reasons.

Trying to move as slowly and smoothly as she could, so as not to wake Bod up yet if she didn't have to, she reached to fumble the drawer of her bedside table open for a notebook she knew she had there.

[ooc: Just for that pale English dude that's not the one I'm playing!]

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[therewaslife]

"All right," Bod said, taking the paper carefully and reading the words on the page. And then he read them again. The poem, parts of it, were a little sad so he couldn't say he smiled but he wasn't unaffected.

In fact, he was very affected and after he'd read it a third time, all he could really do was lean forward and kiss her gently but lingeringly.

[vanillajello]

Kate figured that was a good reaction. Not one she'd been expecting but one that she would gladly take, responding to that kiss in kind, sweet and lingering.

As for the sad parts, well, that was what you got with honesty.

[therewaslife]

He didn't kiss her too long though before pulling back and smiling at her, forehead against hers. "That's a beautiful piece of writing, Kate. It's beautiful and sad and lovely."

[vanillajello]

"Thank you," she replied quietly, smile tenpered by him being so close to her. "I didn't mean it to be sad."

[therewaslife]

"It's all right," he said, reaching up and brushing his fingers across her cheek lightly. "Life is a bit of a sad thing. But, it's also a bit of a happy thing too. We do our best to get through the sadness and revel in the happiness."

[vanillajello]

"It's too early to philosophize," she teased quietly, turning her head just a bit to get more of his touch. "But yes."

[therewaslife]

"And I want you in all your completely messed up glory," Bod promised, nodding. "I want you however I can have you and I'll love you no matter what."

[vanillajello]

"You can have me any way you like," Kate replied, quiet and sincere. "I love you too."

[therewaslife]

"Thank you for writing for that for me," Bod said quietly, tilting his head up and kissing the spot underneath her eye. "It's one of the best gifts I've ever received."

[vanillajello]

"It was nothing," she murmured, caught up in a rare bout of modesty, eyes closed and just enjoying the affection. "Just... wanted to get it out there. You've written several for me."

[therewaslife]

"Oh, it was very much something," he said and kissed her cheek and nose this time. "I know that type of thing is hard for you so doing it for me makes me feel very special."

[vanillajello]

"You are special," she said. "I'm happy if I can make you feel that, too."

[therewaslife]

"You make me feel lots of things," he told her, smiling. "Special's just one of the many, many things you have the ability to make me feel."

[vanillajello]

"What are some of the others?" she asked, pressing a kiss on his cheek now. "Name a couple."

[therewaslife]

"Do you honestly not know or are you just wanting to hear me talk about you?" Bod asked, laughing and not really minding either way.

[vanillajello]

"Of course I'm just wanting to hear you talk about me," Kate replied with a quiet chuckle. "Or, more to the point, the things you feel that I cause you to feel. See, it's not entirely about me."

[therewaslife]

"Well," Bod said, sitting back some but keeping a hand of one of her hands, "you can make me feel warm and comforted. When we were just sleeping, that's what I felt. Even if I didn't need to be comforted, I knew you were there and that was comfort enough for me to sleep soundly."

[vanillajello]

"I know that feeling," Kate shared, smiling a bit. "I sleep so much better with you, it's ridiculous."

[therewaslife]

"The feeling is definitely mutual," Bod assured her. "You also make me feel silly? I don't know if that's quite the right word but I know I'm a serious person and you make me...laugh at myself. I need that."

[vanillajello]

"Well, you're ridiculous," Kate told him easily. "Quite often, actually. I feel it's my duty to make you realize that too. And you're really not that serious."

Well, not to her. He was just weird.

[therewaslife]

"Thank you," he said and laughed, "but compared to some people, I am serious. You make me feel...complete too. I don't really have a lot of family left and with you, I feel like that's all right because I have you. I can be totally open with you and you'll be all right with that."

[vanillajello]

That one made Kate a little more quiet. She looked down, half hiding a softer smile. "I'm okay with everything about you," she said. "And you have me. And I have you, which is good 'cause, y'know. I have kind of a limited number of people who actually know me."

[therewaslife]

"We have each other," Bod agreed with a smile that matched hers. "And I'm very glad to have you and know you. Thank you for trusting me with everything. Thank you."

[vanillajello]

Kate laughed a bit, moved and embarrassed about it. "Okay, now I feel ridiculous. You're welcome, I guess."

This was turning out to be rather a mushy morning.

[therewaslife]

To try and take some of her embarrassment away, Bod said, "You can also make me feel...exceptionally pleasurable. Exceptionally."