She smiled as she saw Jane still asleep on her sofa. She went to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee for her – and a cup of tea for Jane.
Her morning routine felt somewhat different, and it wasn't because she had just come back from the hospital. In a week she had had plenty of time to regain familiarity with her apartment.
No, it was the apartment itself that had changed. Not that something was missing or has been moved. There was just a different... atmosphere.
She had never been particularly fond of her apartment. She just needed a place where she could sleep and spend her time when she wasn't at work. It wasn't a real home, a place that meant something to her.
However, Jane's presence was enough to turn it into something completely different.
She drank her coffee, then poured the tea in the cup that Jane had chosen as his favorite. She placed it in the small table beside the sofa, then she stooped and touched Jane's lips with a soft kiss, whispering: "Wake up, Sleeping Beauty".
She stood back, but she wasn't quick enough. He caught her to him, returning the kiss. She laughed and stroked his hair. She never used to believe in happy endings... however, this time she was strongly inclined to make an exception.