[Though, like him, Ilsa has a harder time than usual falling asleep. After all the running around with Valo, and with the weary pounding of her head, it's a wonder that she doesn't completely crash the moment she rests against the pillow. She listens to Eustace, noting that his breathing doesn't even out into something slower and steadier for as long as she's awake... but by the time she really does fall asleep, she has no idea who did so first.
By morning, she will no longer be at the edge of the bed, but when she wakes, she'll be curled up right near his back and tucked against the warmth of his body, and that's when she shuffles her way out from under the covers in a panic...
...
And rushes to the kitchen to start making breakfast for them, trying to shake off that flushed, embarrassed feeling that she felt the moment she woke up. It will be a stiff breakfast, slightly awkward, but by the time he takes his leave and she reminds him to take care of himself and to keep a close watch on any suspicious activity near him, things seem to have fallen back into a place of normalcy for them.
🎀!!
Goodnight.
[Though, like him, Ilsa has a harder time than usual falling asleep. After all the running around with Valo, and with the weary pounding of her head, it's a wonder that she doesn't completely crash the moment she rests against the pillow. She listens to Eustace, noting that his breathing doesn't even out into something slower and steadier for as long as she's awake... but by the time she really does fall asleep, she has no idea who did so first.
By morning, she will no longer be at the edge of the bed, but when she wakes, she'll be curled up right near his back and tucked against the warmth of his body, and that's when she shuffles her way out from under the covers in a panic...
...
And rushes to the kitchen to start making breakfast for them, trying to shake off that flushed, embarrassed feeling that she felt the moment she woke up. It will be a stiff breakfast, slightly awkward, but by the time he takes his leave and she reminds him to take care of himself and to keep a close watch on any suspicious activity near him, things seem to have fallen back into a place of normalcy for them.
Now she just hopes that it will remain that way.]