Sometime in the early morning, Maia woke up draped in blankets and snuggling into the pillows that supported her head. Sky was sleeping right next to her, only her breathing audible through the deafening silence in the apartment. Axel was no where to be seen.
He must have left when she fell asleep.
Her whole body was aching, cheek bruised and lip split, pulsing with slight pain and stinging sensations. Her ribs were even worse, but luckily nothing seemed to be broken. Sky offered to go to the doctor's, but Maia wouldn't even hear about it. There was no way that she would let anyone see her body. Not in a million years.
It would take a lot out of her just to let Axel touch her over the clothes, without imagining how horrible she must look in that particular moment.
Sighing, she slow
