Being Sleepy - Josiana

The light streaming through the window onto her face was what had woken Josephine. She crunched her eyes closed tightly, groaning slightly as she realised that the sun being up meant it was time for her to be up. She'd hardly slept that night, tossing and turning as she went over details of the several meetings and letters she simply had to be sent today.

A small sigh escaped her lips as she tried to calm herself. Getting worked up about her lack of sleep wasn't going to help anyone. It was only when a warm arm snaked it's way around her waist that she realised she wasn't alone. Her body froze, her mind racing for a crazy moment before a soft voice calmed her once again.

"Josie" the voice that belonged to a certain spymaster mumbled as Josephine felt a pair of warm lips press against her shoulder.

She didn't say anything in return, just sighed once again and tried to move closer to the one person she actually wanted to see today. Sure Josephine loved being the ambassador of the Inquisition, it brought on so many opportunities and she got to meet so many interesting people, plus the whole angle of helping for a good cause was what had interested her in the first place.

When Leliana had first asked her to join the inquisition she didn't think the role would take this much out of her. She knew she was signing up to a large role but she never imagined she'd be so over worked that she dreaded waking up in the morning. She really did love her job but it could just be so tiring. The countless letters she had to write now seemed counterproductive since she barely received a response anymore. Her life had simply become writing letters and trying to strike alliances with people who were unreasonable and incredibly hard to even contact.

She slowly made a move to sit up but that same arm was holding her down making that difficult. She slumped back down into bed, turning over to see Leliana's eyes were open and staring straight at her. She wasn't quite sure why she'd expected the redhead to still be trying to sleep but she had. After all, they'd known each other for a fair amount of time and in that time Josephine had learned that Leliana much like herself didn't seem to sleep all that well. They'd had whatever it was that had developed between them going on for some time and it was very rarely that Josephine would catch Leliana actually asleep. Leliana liked to watch her Josie sleep, make sure she was safe and nothing was coming to hurt her. That's what she was told when she'd asked Leliana anyway.

"Leli" Josephine all but whispered as their eyes met "I must send those letters"

"Lady Boyle will be arriving shortly as well, although you already know that"

Josie nodded, a frown taking over her features as she thought about how troublesome her meeting with Lady Boyle would no doubt be. It was supposed to be a simple task of securing funds the Lady had promised, but she was known for going back on her word and trying to bargain for more than she could ever achieve with her own influence.

Yet again another sigh escarped Josephine's lips as she rubbed her eyes tiredly. No amount of sleep could prepare her for how busy today was going to be. Her eyes closed and a small smile pulled at her lips as she felt Leliana pull her closer. The dark haired woman couldn't help but snuggle into the embrace, feeling as calm as she could be with such a troubled mind. Although what they had didn't have a label, Leliana made her feel safe like a lover should and Josephine often wondered what she'd do the day she woke up to find Leliana gone.

"Let the inquisitor deal with Lady Boyle, By the sounds of it her and Sera seem to be up already"

Josephine laughed, the sound brisk and harsh against the mornings silence. "Is that supposed to put my nerves at ease knowing Lady Boyle could possibly meet Sera?"

"Hush you, the inquisitor knows by now to keep all our guests way from young Sera, so stay with me a little longer"

Josephine nodded, not really seeing the harm in spending five more minutes in bed.