kansas city, mo | morning | monday | january 21

[therewaslife]

Bod probably shouldn't have been sleeping. There were things to do around the apartment and a shift down at the graveyard later in the day. He probably should have been awake and getting things done in a timely fashion but he wasn't.

Because he was sleeping. He'd worked late last night, staying to help the cemetery's owner with the books. There'd been a lot to do and he'd been exhausted when he'd finally dragged himself in last night. And he was going back today for more of the same.

So, he was indulging in a bit of a lie. Silas would, no doubt, shake his head and sigh at the boy but Silas wasn't here and this was Bod's life.

He burrowed under the thick blankets and pillows to keep warm. That was one thing their bed had in spades: pillows and blankets. Being warm was awesome. At this point, Bod was just a lump under the bedding.

And he was comfortable that way.

[NFB but open for the girl or calls/texts]

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[vanillajello]

Kate had gone to bed early thanks to a grueling work day yesterday, so it wasn't that big of a surprise that she'd actually woken up at a decent time today.

It was also not that surprising that having had a bit of breakfast, she was now climbing back into bed, stealing some of those blankets of his in the process.

She had a day off, she was allowed.

[therewaslife]

Even in his sleepy state, Bod would allow for the stealing of his blankets because he was, well, asleep. He registered her presence in the bed though and sighed a little, moving a little closer to her in the process.

There was room enough in the burrow of blankets for both of them.

[vanillajello]

Good, because Kate was taking total advantage of that, getting close and cozy and basically just draping herself all over him because he was there and warm and she loved both that and him.

Good thing he wasn't that particular about his personal space, because with her around he had none.

[therewaslife]

"Kate?" he asked once he processed the extra weight pretty much on top of him. "Are you all right?"

[vanillajello]

"You're warm," she informed him, cheek to his chest. "Mmmm."

[therewaslife]

Bod chuckled roughly but his eyes were still closed. "And you're taking advantage of that. Mmm."

[vanillajello]

"Well, you were here to be taken advantage of." And she couldn't resist that. Ever. "It's the best."

[therewaslife]

"You're very opportunistic," Bod murmured, stretching just slightly. "And I'm always happy to be of service to you, dearest."

[vanillajello]

"Mm hmmm," Kate hummed, shifting a bit to accommodate for his stretching, "service me, peasant."

Because sometimes she said things just to say them. Words were fun.

[therewaslife]

"Service you?" Bod asked, sounding like he wanted to laugh. "Service you how, my queen?"

[vanillajello]

"Did you just call me your queen?"

That was the main thing here, clearly.

"You're English, are you betraying your country right now?"

[therewaslife]

"I'm sure she'd forgive me," he mumbled quietly. "She'd understand."

[vanillajello]

"Even if I commandeer you for my queendom for service that involves tongue in unqueenly places?" Kate wondered. "Because dude, that would make her cooler than I thought, which okay, isn't hard because I didn't think the Queen of England was that cool to begin with. But still."

[therewaslife]

"Well, I doubt I'd tell her outright what service I was providing but if it was a helpful service, I think she'd be fine with it," Bod said with a quiet laugh.

[vanillajello]

"Oh, it's totally a helpful service," Kate assured him, nodding. Her chin rubbed against his chest. "You could write it off as relaxation. Maybe even exercise."

[therewaslife]

"Are you trying to employ my services right now?" Bod laughed, rubbing his eyes with his hand.

[vanillajello]

"When am I not?" Kate asked with a snicker. She nuzzled his chest. "'Sides, you've been lying down for ages like a lazy ass. Time for me to lie on my back for a while, hmm?"

Never mind that she'd probably still managed to be asleep for longer than him.

[therewaslife]

"I worked late last night," Bod reminded her with another quiet laugh. "I haven't been asleep all that long."

[vanillajello]

"Well do you wanna go back to sleep?" she checked, trailing a few fingertips down his arm. "Because despite all of my pushing my shower fresh body on you, that's totally an option. So's breakfast."

[therewaslife]

"I didn't say that," Bod replied with a little yawn. "Just that I had a reason for being asleep. I'm not lazy. I have intentions of doing many things today."

[vanillajello]

"Such as?"

She traced a spiral against his skin.

"Well, work, I know that much. But something less boring?"

[therewaslife]

"I was going to clean the apartment up a bit," said Bod, finally opening his eyes. "Perhaps get some groceries before I go into work."

[vanillajello]

"I said less boring!"

Normal adult duties were boring. Kate was the greatest grown-up.

[therewaslife]

"I don't find those activities boring!" Bod laughed. "What do you find less boring for me to do then?"

[vanillajello]

"Didn't I totally just imply less boring things? I thought I did." A beat. "Although we are almost out of milk."

The boring things had merit sometimes too.