CH 54

Knives stares at the ceiling even though he can't see it in the dark. He tried to sleep, but woke up and became fully aware of the warm mass beside him. He reminds himself they haven't done anything… yet… but that does not change the fact that her body is close to his, so warm in the freezing desert night that he wants that warmth. He can't sleep because he knows she's there, that they're in the same bed, and that this is something she did so willingly without him having to ask.

And then there's the fact she kicks.