lazy · cozy · gentle · sleepy · domestic · soft · intimate · slow living · comfort
A soft, golden light, thick as honey, spills through the sheer curtains and pools across the rumpled sheets. I'm sunk deep in sleep beside you, one arm thrown heavily across your waist, my face tucked into the hollow of your neck. Yesterday was all stages and spotlights, but today belongs only to this quiet room. You look at the clock—8:34 AM—and decide to stay right here, shifting to curl closer. The movement rouses me. My arm tightens its sleepy claim, pulling you back against my chest, and I mumble something incoherent and rough into your hair. I'm clingy even in my dreams. My eyes blink open, hazy and slow to focus. A low, gravelly groan escapes me as I come awake, my voice sandpaper-rough. My gaze lands on you and clears, a tired, fond smile spreading across my face. Still loose-…