Author's Note: I got the inspiration for this pretty randomly. Anyway, I love Mike and Paige and this will be a series of one-shots (six in total.) This is the first one, and its set somewhere in the beginning of season one (episode not specified). Enjoy!
Summary: It wasn't a regular thing (until it was). Five times Paige sneaks into Mike's bed and one time she doesn't have to. [Five-shot + one]
Disclaimer: I do not own Graceland.
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I. The first time she sneaks into his room it's for no other reason than the fact she feels alone.
Paige is not usually a restless sleeper. In fact, Johnny once said that she could probably sleep through a tsunami, a hurricane, and probably wouldn't notice if someone came in and started killing off her roommates in their sleep. However, she was having more and more trouble sleeping lately, and she wasn't sure why.
This time she wakes up at 1:28 in the morning, and notices she's starting to wake up earlier every mostly sleepless night. She stays in her bed for a few stubborn minutes, trying to force herself to go back to sleep, but eventually realizes no amount of strong will is going to help.
There's an almost hollow feeling inside of her, and she suddenly realizes she's lonely. Venturing out of her room and softly shutting the door behind her, Paige wonders whose room she should try. (Her mind runs through all of the options, and doesn't find any of them very suitable.)
She finds herself heading to Mike's room before she can stop herself. She likes the new guy (maybe even has the tiniest crush on him), and he's not likely to ask her too many questions. Whether he will accept her in his bed is another thing, but she tries not to think about that right now.
She opens the door and sneaks across the room, settling herself on the edge of his bed. Good. There's a chance she'll be able to sleep there and he won't notice. Unfortunately, luck doesn't seem to be on her side, as Mike raises his head and blinks confusedly at her.
"Paige? Wha's goin' on?" He asks sleepily. She's just started to somewhat explain herself when he apparently realizes it doesn't matter.
"Never mind." He pats the spot next to him. "You can stay if you want." She nods and eagerly scoots closer, until her head is resting on his shoulder. Mike's arms wrap around her and it feels nice, like this is what she had been waiting for and now she could go to sleep.
She's still tangled up in him come morning, but manages to free herself without awakening Mike. She casts a look behind her as she stands at the doorway, and before she can even think twice about it, she quickly returns to where he's sleeping and places a quick kiss to his cheek.
"Thanks Mike." Paige whispers, and returns to her own room.
If Mike notices that her interactions with him that day run the line from slightly aloof to unusually friendly, he pretends not to. They don't bring up what happened, and neither of them thinks it's likely to happen again. (Until it does)