9. There’s only one bed and we sleep as far away as possible from each other but wake up cuddling
The two of them were stuck out in the city when the sunstarted to go down and it wasn’t safe to head back to the caravan with creeperslining the streets. It had been a long day and Tucker was exhausted. He wasn’tabout to say that out loud to warrant another jab about his age from Sam, buthe knew she felt the same way. That’s why they’d somehow ended up blockadedinto someone’s apartment, which comedically had only a single bed.
Tucker tried to convince the woman that she could take thebed and he’d sleep on the floor but as expected, it had turned into anargument. In the end, both of them are lying on the small bed in the tinybedroom of the apartment they’d chosen. He gave a gruff goodnight beforepassing out, his body practically falling off the edge of the bed to avoidbrushing up against Sam. It wasn’t that he was afraid to touch her because he disliked her or thought she’d take it the wrong way. He was afraid that if he let his guard down, it was going to prove his feelings were right.
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When morning sun came in through the sheer curtains of theroom, Tucker felt warmth next to him and snuggled against it without thinkingabout it. He was still half-dreaming about a world before this entire fuckingmess had happened. Back when people went to see movies, when they took each other out fordinner, and when they didn’t need to have a weapon on them at all times. The slight snugglingquickly turned into more intense hugging and it took a few minutes before his brain realizedwhat was happening.
“Fuck,” Tucker said in a loud voice, not sure if Sam wasawake or even aware of what was happening. “Sorry, I was somewhere else and youwere warm and –“ he stopped himself mid-sentence when he realized he wasrambling like an idiot. Sam turned toward him, her eyes bleary with sleep, andshe simply rolled her eyes. “Roll over, jackass, I’m the big spoon,” she demanded and Tuckercouldn’t help but grin as he did what she said, letting himself drift back offto sleep, if only for a little while.
