*Elio*
Despite my best attempts to get to sleep last night, I only managed a faint doze, jerking awake at several points just to see if Cat was truly still beside me. She was, and unlike me, each time I looked, she was fast asleep.
Turned to the wall, hair strewn behind her, I could only glimpse the fall and rise of her back as she breathed, hearing the soft snore she let out once in a while and letting it lull me into another restless sleep, only to do it all again in an hour or two.
So, when I woke up earlier than I would ever choose to get up, I decided just to give up on a good night’s sleep. I watched Cat sleep, eyes weary and body exhausted, listening to her breathing as the morning rays breached through the blinds in the windows.
