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They had shifted in their sleep. While they had fallen asleep with Diarmuid holding her from behind, Saber woke to find herself sprawled on her back, one arm slung inelegantly across the bed and taking up considerably more mattress space than someone of her size should be allowed. She looked over and saw Diarmuid curled on his side, his back toward her, pushed all the way to the edge of the mattress. He must have scooted over to let her roll around unimpeded. Poor Lancer, Saber thought, affectionately, and she smiled to herself. It looked uncomfortable but he was sleeping peacefully.
She cupped his body against her chest, kissing his back and letting one arm drape over his side. She was beginning to drowse again, her hand idly caressing his chest, when she felt him shift against her.
Chivalry dictated that she do the polite thing and move toward the center, guiding their bodies to a more stable position on the mattress. They rearranged themselves back into a spooning position - he the big spoon, she the little - and she felt him sigh contentedly against her neck. She would have fallen asleep again were it not for his arm, which had fallen carelessly around her waist. A normal arm with a normal breadth and length, ordinary and wholly unremarkable.
Except that it wasn't. A trick of the curse, perhaps, but Saber found herself transfixed, staring at the pale skin like porcelain, the fine, muscled lines, the strong hand with long tapered fingers that gently curled, relaxed in slumber. Even his fingernails were beautiful, long and oval, the perfect shape and size. His hand was womanly, almost, were it not for the telltale callouses on his palm.
Saber looked at her hand in comparison. Calloused palms and stubby fingers, ragged fingernails and a fine enough wrist, her hand was positively mannish in comparison. Were it not for the obvious difference in size one would most certainly mistake his hand for hers, or hers for his.
You are a very pretty man, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. She would have to remember to tease him about this in the morning.