Cool Compromise – 100 Word Dash
The night was unseasonably warm for late autumn. The browning leaves hung still in the trees and the guards on the wall drooped in their niches.
It was so hot and stifling that Crane had been persuaded to leave his humid greenhouse for the coolness of Niko's room. Normally Crane would have objected – his rooms were the winter rooms and Niko's the summer. But it was hot enough – even in Niko's rooms – for Niko to be sleeping completely bare.
Crane decided the view was worth leaving his usual tranquil surrounds as he rolled over and planted a kiss on Niko's shoulder.