Ricardo has a lot of trouble sleeping. Between years of indy wrestling, with various injuries mounting up- especially concussions and other head injuries- and general day to day stresses, sleep is difficult sometimes. He goes weeks almost without actual sleep, and by now it's just a sad truth of his existance. Which gives him a lot of time to watch Alicia sleep, to play quietly with Harley and to think about Hybrid Wrestling and how quickly they're growing with him partially in control. It's one of the things he's most proud of, how far the school has come- and how quickly Sabotage is coming into its own as well. There are still things in his career he wishes were different, but he feels like he's been a true benefit to the Texas indy wrestling market.
"Stop thinking so loudly," Alicia teases him sleepily, leaning in to kiss him. He wraps an arm around her and she smiles into his jaw. "Can't sleep?"
He shakes his head and she clucks at him, rolling over to straddle him. Her touch is soft, gentle against his arms and he watches as she rubs his shoulders, digging in a little with her thumbs where she meets any sort of tension and resistence. "I love you," he whispers, thrilling at the sensation of the chilled metal of the ring he'd put on her finger against his skin.
"I love you too," she says, a soft smile on her face as she eases in and kisses him, sighing as he rubs her lower back. She winks at him and eases back, shaking her blonde hair out. "Shanti," she teases him with an easy grin and a wink.
Ricardo stares up at her and grips her hips, reversing their positions to press her into the pillows and kiss her heatedly. She groans softly and arches up into him, sighing as he nuzzles into her jaw and scrapes his teeth against her. "Alicia," he breathes out and she smiles, cupping his face. Her eyes are soft and warm as she presses soft, hungry kisses into his warm, yielding mouth. "I need you..."
"I'm yours," she says breathily, running her fingers through his hair and watching as he sprawls his hand out over her lower abdomen and trails biting kisses down her throat. "All yours."
He finally gets a good few hours of sleep and when he leaves for Hybrid later that day, there's a confidence to his walk and he smiles a bit upon finding Alberto waiting for him outside of the school. "Hola, Alberto," he greets him, not as surprised as he should be to find him here. He shakes his keys out and unlocks the door to allow them in.
"Hola." Alberto follows him in and they wander, Alberto helping Ricardo set up for the day. He tosses away some old notes from a few weeks ago that someone had left behind and Ricardo checks the rings out, making sure that everything is clean and set up correctly, stepping back to take in the entire room quietly. "I hear you're getting a third ring in shortly," he says with a small smile.
Ricardo nods. "Si, this place is growing so quickly. It's overwhelming sometimes."
Alberto claps Ricardo's back and leans into him. "It's all thanks to you, hermano. You've done really impressive things here in the short time you've lived in Texas."
"I've tried," he says, a pleased flush crossing his face. "I suppose one plus of the market being a little smaller here than in Florida is that they've more eager for help and advice." Alberto squeezes his neck and then walks off to look around the facilty some more.
Ricardo watches him for a few moments longer, a rare sense of contentment blanketing him before he smiles and turns to double check today's plans for lessons.
