Set between Eggtown and SNBH. Off island.
New Habits
She wakes up to his strong arms wrapped around her tightly, his warm body cocooned around hers. She turns in his embrace and nuzzles his neck, buries her face his chin and plants feather light kisses from his jaw to his ear. She smiles against his stubble when he mumbles sleepily and pulls her closer against him. She pulls back and watch him lazily flutter his eyes open.
"Morning'" he says softly, smiling at her.
She smiles back and pulls him down to her, drowning him is a slow, passionate kiss. They pull apart, out of breath, and she rests against his shoulder.
"I think I can get used to this," he says, running his fingers gently through her hair.
She cannot believe she'd heard him right, so she pulls back up, resting her hands on his chest to look at him, and says, "really?"
She bites her lower lip slightly, scared that she might have heard him wrong, that it was just her mind playing tricks on her. He reads the worry in her eyes, and he does not blame her. He leans down, pressing his lips gently to hers for a quick kiss and says, "really."
She smiles, beams, and turn towards the bed side table to pull something out of the drawer before turning back to face him, clutching something in her hand.
"I was hoping you would say that," she says, opening her hand to reveal a little shiny key. The key to her house, to her home, her family, her heart.