A/N: I'm just noticing this but I seem to be updating on a weekly basis without knowing. Heh, oh well.

Sleeping in

The sunlight streaming through the bedroom curtains made for a rude awakening, especially after a late night of… "activities." I glared at the innocent beams of light that proclaimed a new day was here, while simultaneously preventing me from enjoying the chance to get some more Z's. I'm a morning person most days, I get up at sunrise and ready to get stuff done. Now though, I respected the population that enjoyed sleeping in. Grunting as I pulled the covers over my head, I let turned to face the opposite direction.

Away from the sun to see something more heavenly than that ball of fire.

Camilla, always looking serene, slept on as if the oncoming day didn't affect her. One of her arms was wrapped around my waist, keeping a firm hold on me while the other lazily rested on my shoulder. I could wiggle out if I tried but I didn't want to. Too tired, not to mention comfortable.

I strained to pick up any sounds that might prompt me to get up. So far, so good: Kana was either doing something quietly or still asleep, and Carmen was also sleeping. I figured a little extra sleep never killed anyone, right?

But first… I had to do something.

I carefully scooched closer and rested my forehead against hers, using my free arm to pull her closer to me. She shifted slightly and she let out a soft murmur, prompting me to freeze. Though that momentary panic soon faded when she weakly pulled me towards her, sighing happily as she relaxed once more. I grinned at the sight, my heart leaping as the corners of her mouth twitched upwards. I figured she was asleep, but to ensure I was right I kissed the tip of her nose. She gave a happy sigh at my action, and I felt prompted to kiss her cheek. She gave the same response as before, so I kissed her again. And again. Around the fourth or fifth kiss, or maybe it was the fourteenth kiss on the cheek she abruptly captured my lips with her own. I thought she had woken up, only for her to rest her forehead against me.

I almost laughed aloud by the realization that she was still asleep. I was the luckiest man alive.

Actually, scratch that- the luckiest person to ever exist.

I pulled her impossibly closer, hearing her quiet moan as I left a trail of kisses along her neck. Her other arm had snaked around my waist without me noticing, keeping me trapped against her… not that I was complaining.

I hated to break out of her hug but I felt compelled to return her adoration. Within seconds I was hovering over her, peppering her face with kisses as slept away. A smirk was slowly but surely appearing on her face, though I was too distracted with how the tables turned.

I gently nipped at her ear, enjoying the drowsy purr that rumbled from her throat. It's a shame she was still asleep, because I'm fairly sure we both would enjoy another session-

"Morning, Papa!"

And just as quickly as they appeared my mind went back to PG; I grabbed the edge of the blanket and twirled off of my wife, looking up to meet Kana's infectious smile. I forced a smile despite the awkward circumstance.

"Kana, sweetie, um, how long were you standing there?"

"I don't think it was that long; I just saw you kissing Mama. Why are you still in bed?"

"Err…" I tried to form a response that would cover up last night; I subconsciously put a hand over the mark on my neck. "Mom wasn't feeling well last night, so I had to stay up and help her."
'Oh okay! I didn't want to wake you up right away, but it's Pancake Sunday and Carmen's getting fussy.'

Oh, of course. How could I have forgotten? I thought I was missing something.

"Well, we can't have that now. You go get your brother and I'll meet you downstairs."

She nodded eagerly and bounded off, her footsteps receding downstairs. I sighed; that was too close a call. At least they didn't wake Camilla up.

"Staying up to help me out?"

I yelped at the quiet, adoring question, my wife propping herself up on an elbow. Her eyebrow was raised in faint amusement.

"I must say, you're very kind for making me feel better."

"Umm, how long were you awake?"

"Sometime around your little kissing session. I thoroughly enjoyed that mind you, even if you thought I was sleeping."

As she sat up the blanket came with her, wrapped around her chest and lower torso. I had difficulty focusing on her face and not… elsewhere.

"Really though, if you wanted to repeat last night, all you had to do is ask."

"Even if we stayed up till 1 in the morning?"

"Well, last night was a special case. You were exceptional last night."

Despite how many times she complimented me on those occasions, I felt my face burn. She smirked upon seeing my embarrassment, sliding off the bed and using the blanket as a robe. Traipsing over to me she put a hand on my chest, letting it crawl up to my chin.

"In fact, I may require a repeat performance later tonight. Think you can manage?"

After a moment's pause I met her smile with my own, giving her a drawn out kiss.

"Absolutely. Now if you'll excuse me, today's Pancake Sunday, and I slept in. Absolutely worth it, mind you."

A/N: Yeah, not much I can add here. Think that I did okay, but I'll leave that up to the reader to decide. And with this, the AU chapters conclude, but not the story. Next up is beach day, and if any of you play Fire Emblem Heroes, you'll know what Camilla's gonna wear. ;)

Also, I took some inspiration from the Voice and the Vessel for this chapter- shout out to Abomb30 for writing an amazing story, and thanks to SquidbaggerOfWoomyAndNgyesness for their advice. Check out their writing after this.

Again, thank you for reading. I will see you in the next chapter. Also, I'm working on a new story, Born out of Time, and the first chapter will be posted sometime this week.

Write on!