The early morning sunlight crept through the windows cautiously, peeking past the drawn blinds, illuminating our room slowly but surely. I watched it as it travelled, spreading the warmth of daylight. Eddie didn’t stir.
His arms were like weights around me, crushing me and holding me down. He was a great slumbering lion, king of the jungle. I felt like I couldn’t breathe.
Careful not to wake him, I pushed his arm off me. He grumbled in his sleep but his eyes didn’t open. He rolled over to grab snatches of the remaining darkness and buried his head deeper into the pillow.
The mattress springs groaned as I moved. I winced at every little sound. Nothing seemed to disturb Eddie though. I breathed a little sigh of relief.
We had fallen asleep in the same clothes we had been wearing when we
