WARNING! This chapter is so fluffy that it might cause happiness and OTP feels!

Penryn woke up to the sound of light breathing and the feel of her sister's small frame curled into her own. Everything seemed normal, but the smell was wrong. It smelled like the wind, but there was no draft. Her half-asleep brain tried to process what this meant, and when she realized, she sat straight up, causing Paige to stir.
Last night... We're in Raffe's room. But why is Paige here? What happened?
Paige didn't seem to be startled by this turn of events, and she crawled over Penryn and slid off the bed. She started to poke something on the floor, and when Penryn rolled over, she saw that Raffe, in his flannel pajama bottoms and tshirt (much too tight on him, it belonged to one of the thinner men. Penryn was having a hard time not staring now that she had light to assist her), had fallen asleep with his boots on as if he had left in the middle of the night.
"Mmmmf yes preen that one. RIGHT there," he mumbled in his sleep, causing Paige to look at Penryn with an accusing glance, although she did seem to be hiding a giggle. "Penryn..."
I have to do SOMETHING. I can't just let my innocent sister listen to Raffe's... SCANDELOUS dreams.
That being thought, she stood up, then lovingly kicked the slumbering angel in the side. With love.
The love of him shutting up, that is.
Penryn once again forgot to account for how fast he was, and his hand grabbed her ankle pulled her down on top of him, even as he was preparing to roll them over so he would have the upper hand. He was halfway through this maneuver when he realized that it was just Penryn, but decided to keep her hugged to his chest.
"Good morning, lovely and merciful Lady Penryn. It is so kind of you to grace my ribcage with the generous kick of devotion." There was a pause, and Penryn wondered what was going through his mind. "And how does the kind and beautiful Lady Paige fair? I trust you slept well?"
Is Paige giggling? What happened? I thought she hated him?
Paige was, indeed, giggling, and had to calm down before responding.
"I did, actually. No thanks to you, being stingy and trying to keep Penryn all to yourself. How did the meeting with Obi go?"
Penryn was a bit shocked. Where had this sudden cameraderie between Raffe and her sister come from? It was one thing for Raffe to not be afraid of her...
Oh. Maybe that's why she's opening up. Everyone around here is treating her like a caged lion. Raffe is treating her like an equal.
It made sense, when she thought about it. Paige always had wished that even though she was physically disabled, people would view her as an equal. Her new terrifying image was just as respect draining as her wheelchair had been.
"Well, I don't think I was as helpful as he wanted, but I really am trying to help him understand the angels. I think he's not really interested in some of the cultural things that I find important enough to mention."
That being said, he proceeded to roll them over and began to tickle Penryn, motioning for Paige to help him. "Come on, kid! We won't get many opportunities like this!"
It was a three minute tickle session, but when they all dissipated into giggles and collapsed on the floor with Penryn in the middle and two of her favorite people in the world on either side, she felt like she really could do this. If they were going against the wishes of heaven, and they won, Raffe could actually be a member of their family. They might not be able to have children of their own (for fear of them becoming killing machines, of course), but maybe they could adopt. This war of angels and men had no doubt left many orphans. They could start a home and they could love each and every one of their children.

As the meeting that afternoon dragged on, Penryn wondered what had happened in the middle of the night to change Obi's mind from torturing Raffe to joking with him.
Maybe it has something to do with the dream he was having this morning... Note to self: find out what EXACTLY we were doing in that dream. Wait, never mind. I might not want to know.
As expected, Raffe was still being unhelpful, but this time it wasn't because he wasn't cooperating. It was because he was volunteering utterly useless information, and she wondered just how patient Obi really was. He seemed to be amused, and kept making remarks that she thought would totally offend Raffe, but the archangel just laughed it off, as if they were old friends.
"Well Raffe, I'm sure when you find more HELPFUL information, you'll be sure to tell me. I'm sure you must have things to do..."
Was Obi wiggling his eyebrows? What was going on?
"Perhaps some preening to do?"
Raffe's face turned an interesting shade of red, almost purple, really. Penryn thought back to his dream that morning, and...
Good gravy, it's an innuendo. How did I not see that? Never mind, I am SO not adopting babies with him.
Even as she tried to hide her blush, she knew that was a lie. She was SO gonna adopt babies with them if they won this war.

I hate to say I told you so, but I really, REALLY told you so. Idk, I just really want Paige to like Raffe, because Penryn's #1 priority is usually her sister, and the most important person in Penryn's life should definitely approve of the angel she's gonna adopt babies with, ok? Please review! I would love to know if I'm doing anything wrong so I can fix it early on in the story :3