"Hey," I murmur, biting back a yawn and trying to blink the last haze of sleep out of my eyes. I rub at them and they're unsurprisingly crusty and gummy from tears. My nose feels kind of stuffed up. I feel kind of gross, overall, but it doesn't really seem to matter much.

His arm tightens around me and I sink further against his chest, like I'm trying to melt into him. One of these days, it's gonna work.

"Mornin'."