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“A little. Yea,” Max tensed but didn’t shy away from the touches. Laura’s fingers were cool against his clammy skin and his cheek leaned into the pleasant sensation after a pause. He shut the water off, exhaling half a laugh to relieve her concern. “It’s fine. I, uh, probably should’ve skipped that last coffee.”
It didn’t seem to occur to him just how rough he looked from her perspective. His spike of restlessness clearly hadn’t brought him by a mirror.
Drying off on a damp dish towel, he turned; lashes low and brows furrowed against the kitchen’s brightness. He caught Laura’s hands under his own. Gently tugged them away, but pressed a kiss to the fold of her thumb before releasing them, his eyes lifting with guilt to the clock over their fridge.
Three AM. She had to be tired, woken up this early.
If green looked odd in the light, if there was a split second gleam of yellow ringed around blown pupils, it could easily be Laura’s imagination. Max leaned back into the counter, already scrubbing the heel of his palms into his eyelids with a sigh. “Christ, Hon’, don’t you have a class in a few hours? Go back to bed, I’ll- take a walk or something.”