They woke hours later with their fingers still laced. Sean blinked his eyes open and found Ellory already awake and watching him, the sunlight casting his eyes in a mosaic of green and blue. Ellory smiled and rose up on his elbows, dipping his head to plant a kiss on Sean’s nose. Sean froze, still not entirely believing that so much had changed between them in only a handful of days.
“Morning,” Ellory whispered, and Sean tilted his head up and pressed their lips together. Ellory smiled and kissed him back.
They drew away, and laughed softly, a blush rising high on Ellory’s cheeks.
“I think I’ve wanted to do that for a while,” Sean said.
“Oh, you mean between the jokes? When I’m not bleeding and covered head to toe in filth?”
Sean groaned and covered his face with both hands. “I deserv
