Title: "Good Morning Shivers"
Author: Kat Lee
Rating: PG-13/T
Summary: Gabby sometimes loves the way Xena wakes her.
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She hates sleeping in the wilderness with the wild animals, bugs biting her, and mists settling on her skin. She hates never knowing when she and her partner are going to awaken to stupid thugs trying to take them and make a name for themselves; having to whup butt as soon as you've awakened gets tiring very fast. She also still remembers having to sleep on the floor often times while growing up and other times when being imprisoned.
She longs for the comforts of a room to call her own, or even to share with her best friend. She yearns every night, as she lays her blonde head down upon green grass, for a feather pillow or at least a comfortable bed. She'd like to know, just once, when thunder rolls that they'll be safe and alone indoors when the storm hits.
There are a few good things about the way she sleeps now or, rather, the way she wakes up. She can sleep with the sun shining on her face for hours, and it isn't always ruffians and storms that awaken her. Sometimes, sometimes when she gets lucky and they don't have urgent business to attend to first thing that morning, Xena wakes Gabrielle slowly.
Her fingers trail her flesh, making her shiver delightfully. Her palms cup her breasts. She kisses her hair, hands, and face until slowly her eyes flutter open. Gabby loves to awaken in shivers caused by Xena's loving; those are always the best mornings.
The End