Travis only meant to close his eyes for a few minutes, but when he opened them again, the fire had burned down to just an orange smolder and he still had work to finish. But Niko was still napping on top of him with a bit of drool at the corner of his mouth—which he’d vehemently deny was there at all if Travis tried to tease him about it.
A few feet away were the oversized, velvet pillows that Niko slept on sometimes, just teasing Travis with their proximity. If Travis could just reach one of them, he might be able to slip Niko onto it without waking him. Travis’s leg was just long enough to extend out so that he could curl his toes around the corner of a pillow and drag it back over. Niko lifted his head once without even opening his eyes as Travis did it. It wasn’t until he actually tri
