❛ are you awake? ❜ a quiet whisper, she turns her head towards his sleeping form, receives no response. a moment passes, and then she reaches over and shakes him gently. when he stirs, she lays back down against the pillow and stares up at the ceiling. in a sleep-drowsed voice, he mumbles something. she assumes he’s asking what’s up, even though she can’t quite make out the words.
❛ did you see it that night? ❜ she asks, not really expecting a response. he does respond, another jumble of sounds which she can tell is some kind of query - a confused tone. she sees him out of the corner of her eye, rubbing a hand over his face before he turns and props himself up beside her.
❛ see what? ❜ he asks again, and this time the words are fairly clear, albeit groggy. she turns back towards him, eyes flicking over his face in the dimly lit room. even in the dark, she sees concern in his eyes. maybe some confusion.
❛ shooting star. ❜ she replies, almost absently. ❛ that night in vegas. ❜ she clarifies, moving towards him a little bit, pressed up against his bare chest but still in her own space, looking up at him. ❛ there was a shooting star. ❜
he shakes his head, but doesn’t say anything. she turns on her side and he lays back, and she takes it as an opening to move closer to him again, move to rest on his chest with one arm crooked below her head, the other one drawing little patterns on his skin.
❛ when i was little, my maid elise used to tell me you could make wishes on them, and they’d come true. ❜ she spares a little smile, tracing a heart shape with her fingertip and then tapping the center gently. ❛ i never really believed her, you know... fairytales and all that. ❜ a pause. ❛ but i never could help myself. always had to make a wish. ❜
his hand finds her hair and he runs his fingers through gently, just the slightest of touches. ❛ yeah? ❜ his voice is marked by an unmistakable smile, a warmness that creeps inside of her and finds its way to her heart. she replies with a humming mhmm, and continues to trace shapes on his skin, eyes slipping partially closed - lulled by the comfort of his careful and kind touch.
❛ i didn’t say anything back then because - you know - if you tell what your wish is it won’t come true, ❜ her eyes lifted up to his and she grinned, tapping six dots in a row up between his ribs. ❛ but i’m pretty sure it has. ❜ he strains upward to place a kiss against the top of her head and then lays back down.
❛ what’dya wish for? ❜ he drawls lazily, fingertips gently massaging her scalp near the base of her hairline. she hums again contentedly and walks her fingers up even further, along his throat and up to his jawline where they splay out to cup the shape of his cheek gently. there’s stubble below her hand.
❛ i wished that i’d be able to figure things out for once. ❜ she says, thumb brushing over his skin softly. she scoots herself further up on his chest and rests her chin on her arm a few inches away from his face. his hand still absently tangles in her hair and she can see a smile at the corners of a crooked mouth. ❛ i wished that i’d get it right. i didn’t really know what i meant then, but i do now. ❜
she lifts herself up and braces herself with a hand pressed against the pillow beside his head. he smiles at her and she smiles back. ❛ thanks to you. ❜ her thumb brushes gently again, she laughs and leans down to kiss him softly. it’s a whisper against his lips, her next words; quiet and low and tinted with a smile. ❛ if i didn’t know any better, i’d probably think you somehow granted that wish. ❜