sometimes, he really can’t believe that this girl wants to spend any time with him. she’s clearly out of his league, and the only thing he figures she actually enjoys him for is his ample sex drive and his finesse with a camera. he must have been wrong, somehow, since she seemed as eager to see him whenever he’d call as he was to see her. they’d just finished up one of their favorite activities, elliot undoing the knots of the ropes holding lennon’s arms behind her back as she lied face down on the bed. she was breathing and sweating heavily, elliot chuckling as he climbed off from straddling her backside, watching as she started to stretch her arms off. coming around to the end of the bed to where lennon’s head was, he crouched down, giving her a smirk. “i’ll get the shower running,” elliot says, tilting her head up from her chin and placing a kiss on her forehead, her messy hairs getting in the way of his lips, fingertips pulling the strands back as he lingers just a little too long. when he finally pulls away, he doesn’t really look at her, maybe just a sideways glance as he’s turning around, heading into the bathroom attached to his room and turning on the shower. it isn’t long before she’s following after him (at a slower pace, though he’s certain there’s no way she could walk at her usual speed after a fuck like that one) joining him underneath the steamy, hot water.
“so,” he starts, reaching around behind her for his bottle of shampoo, squeezing a small amount into his palm and starting to lather it up in his hands. “are you planning on spending the night again, tonight?” he blurts out, surprising himself by even bringing up the topic. he’s aware it’s going to throw her off, but he wants to know -- get in her head and understand what her thoughts had been on the accidental sleepover they’d had the last time she’d stayed over so late without asking the actual question. “i only want to know because i know i’m a blanket hog, and i just want to make sure i get you an extra blanket before you get too cold and leave like last time. i mean, that’s why you left, right? too cold?” he’s grinning, leaning his head back into the water to rinse out each and every bubble. “i’m just messing around.” elliot says, shaking his hair a little, moving around a little bit so that he’s not the one directly underneath the water, and lennon is instead. raising a hand, he gently pushes a few strands of her now wet hair behind her ear, a smile settled on his face. “i don’t mind if you stay or go, i’ve never minded and i probably never will. it’s your comfort levels i’m worried about. can’t have you going around telling everyone i’m going to steal the blankets at night, it’s bad for my image!” he says playfully, a laugh spilling from his lips as he’s placing a hand over his chest. elliot leans against the shower wall, admiring lennon for a moment, wanting to voice how happy he was that she was here with him, and how she was giving him butterflies with how beautiful she looked underneath the water, but he knew that would just scare her off, so he says: “that was some top notch sex we just had, if i do say so myself. maybe our best yet?”