Cassie shivered and rolled over onto Herbert's chest, knowing he was too far gone to seriously be paying attention to anything, which meant she could get away with just about anything. If he were awake, he would have tossed her off him at the first sign of a cuddle. Amusing either way, she had to admit. All his weird hang-ups were part of his charm.

She groaned, still mostly asleep as she pulled the blanket tighter around her shoulders. "We should get up," she mumbled, barely audible.

Herbert grunted in reply, still not exactly registering anything other than the sound itself. "Should we?" he asked blearily.

"Doesn't mean I want to," she replied. "It's fucking freezing in here."

"What time is it?" he asked.

"Almost time for me and Vlad to head out," she said. "Killer Santa's ain't gonna dismember themselves."

He made another unintelligible sound that he probably would have berated himself for, were his consciousness present. "This is the first time you've slept in days, isn't it?" she asked.

No answer. Cassie smiled, strangely happy to know that even a potential enemy number one had a vulnerable side when she noticed he was asleep again. "It is, huh?" she asked, grinning.

She lay there for a few minutes, trying to get her nerve up. She hadn't noticed how cold it had been in the house before, but now that she had to get dressed and leave, it was proving to be more difficult than negotiating the sex, which was actually getting easier as of late. She didn't know what his problem was - she had given up girls since sleeping with him and it wasn't like the sex was awful, because they wouldn't still be doing it if it were.

She took a deep breath and finally slid out from under the covers, grabbing her top off the floor and pulling it on. "You sleep," she said quietly, leaning over and kissing him on the forehead. "And get your heater fixed."

He stirred in his sleep and turned his head away from her. "…Get off me, Hack," he mumbled.

Cassie laughed and finished getting dressed. Just as she was straightening her skirt and stockings out, he unfortunately woke up, making her think that people who were generally unpleasant to be around should be asleep more often. "This is the last time, you know," he said.

She turned around as she pulled her coat on and stared back into his eyes as he tried to bring them into focus. "If you think so," she replied.