When Leon eventually woke, there was no awkward scramble for clothes or uncertainty about what came next. He kissed her good morning, she stole another kiss because one wasn't enough, and then they simply started their day.
They got ready without needing to negotiate the bathroom. Thallia showered in her room while Leon used the shower adjoining the guest room, where he also found more of the clothes he'd left behind months ago.
By the time they met again in the kitchen, both were dressed for the day, and Thallia had started pulling together what little she had in the refrigerator for breakfast.
“You're going to have to take me grocery shopping,” she told him as she opened the refrigerator again, as though more food might have appeared since the last time she'd looked.
Leon reached pas
