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Eden’s eyes shoot open as the woman snuggled into his arms and hugged his bare chest. As an instinct, his arms wrap tightly around her, lips pressed to the top of her head. He didn’t even realise when she tugged herself in besides him; another late night in the ER, and he couldn’t even wait for her. “Are you alright?” He whispers, voice husky, accent thick. Big hands were rubbing her skin, he knew that beneath the sheets she was naked; as him. He pulled away to look at her, tugging his lips into a gentle smile.
It’s a certain warmth that only Eden has and Carmen wouldn’t feel safe in anyone else’s arms, but his. She doesn’t know why, maybe it’s the way he’s cradling her to his chest and how his big hands splay across the expanse of pale skin as if he could protect her from anything else. “Yeah.” she whispers back, pressing herself against him more in an attempt to maybe hide herself from whatever horrible memories and images left behind by the bad dream she had. When Carmen feels him shift, she can’t help but look up, hair tousled and eyes heavy with sleepiness, and she smiles back. There’s something in Eden’s smile that makes her do the same right away.