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 Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:09 am
Two chapters later, Maia's voice was slowing. She stumbled over words and sounded drowsy. She curled against Toby, letting the book fall. "You should sleep," she encouraged Toby. "Please, I really want you to." So he could work without her worrying about his well being. She yawned and put an arm on his shoulder. The comfortable feeling of laying next to something so warm was getting to her.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:25 pm
Toby noticed the growing slowness in Maia's manner. She was getting tired. Good. She needed to sleep. Of course when she finally decided she was completely done she curled up against him. It was a little awkward, but it was warm. He wasn't used to affection in this form from anyone but Dari, and this was different. Maia had been a wonderful distraction without completely removing him from work. He took the book and dogeared the page before putting it on the side table. When he returned, Maia was on his shoulder. He didn't really want to push it off, though. In fact he had the oddest urge to kiss her on the cheek. Even if he would ever bend to the urge, and he wouldn't, he wasn't about to 'kiss' in this form. It was all the more demeaning. He sighed. She really did want him to sleep. He wasn't sure why. Maybe Dari had gotten to her.
Fine. He would sleep. He set his chin against the top of Maia's head and closed his eyes. What could it hurt, right? He wasn't going to sleep through the transition back.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:49 pm
Maia moved closer to Toby and snuggled in h. Toby hadn't made to move, and he was warm. Maybe he'd sleep. If he did, she'd allow him to go to work without protest.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 3:55 pm
Maia would undoubtedly feel Toby's chest heave with another deep sigh, but he made no move to escape. He resisted the urge to put an arm around Maia and simply let the limb fall between them.
Some time later, when the two were asleep, Maia would receive a hopeful text:
Sleeping?
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:04 pm
By the time the darkness was starting to fade, Maia had wrapped her arms around Toby. One hand had been tangled in his fur, and the other draped over his shoulder. She was sound asleep; but it seemed she'd moved towards the warmth next to her and latched on at some point during the night.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:16 pm
It was not the shifts in Maia's position that woke Toby. His eyes blinked open just before sunrise, not that there were any windows through which to assume this fact. He knew it because he had that pre-transformation feeling. It wasn't dread this time. There would be no cold sweats or broken bones. It would have been hard to remove himself while he was so large, but all at once he began to shrink and to regulate his shape. The bones that had broken in his legs simply molded back into place. He seemed to be allowed some "magical" aspects in the change back, at least.
Of course this left him very nude and wrapped in the arms of a friend. Now at least he could escape, and he did so quietly and then padded over to the closet. He had his own set of clothes here and he crouched to search for his pajama pants. No way was he waking up at dawn and staying awake.
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Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 4:25 pm
Maia shifted at the sudden lack of Toby warmth and opened an eye. "What're you doing?" she asked, sleepily. She didn't move off her pillow. Didn't sit up. She did glance towards him; and didn't mind the sight her eyes were met with. "Come back to bed. You have work in the morning."
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:01 am
Uh-oh. Caught! Maia was already getting quite a sight, but he found his pants and stood and pulled them on. As he rose Maia would be able to see the deep bruises on his legs before they ere covered by fabric. As he turned to come back she'd see his fingers a paler shade of purple and that his eyes were indeed still bloodshot. He appeared to have unusually dark circles under his eyes as well. Either way, he was smiling.
"Not many have been so blessed as to glimpse my glorious rear," he teased, "and I'm coming back to bed. I just didn't want to be naked." He thrust a thumb back toward the main room. "Do you want me to sleep on the couch?"
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:12 am
"Its pretty nice," Maia agreed, giving him a sleepy sort of smile. "No, here's good. You'll fit better. Not so broad." She gave a yawn, nestling into her pillow. "You look terrible. Get in bed." It could've been noon for all she cared, Toby definitely looked like he needed sleep. She scooted over to allow him more room.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:28 am
"Hold on." That was it. No denial to sleep in the bed, but no agreement either. His cell phone had also been left in Dari's apartment, and usually Toby was awake and dressed to greet the others after they changed back. Tonight he wasn't so keen on pulling on a suit, so he wandered out to the living room and made a couple of calls. He was just checking on them, having a little chat, confirming plans for the night, and then he actually returned to the bedroom and crawled in beside Maia. This time he was careful to not touch her. He sighed and shifted. Some of the soreness stayed for a while, unfortunately.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:40 am
Maia had nearly gone back to sleep by the time Toby had joined her. She rubbed at an eye with a fist and gave him a smile. She'd have to tell Dari later she'd been successful at getting Toby to sleep. "Goodnight Toby," she murmured.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:45 am
Toby yawned.
"Good... mmh. Morning." He rolled over, tucked the pillow under his head, noticed how much more comfortable beds were while human, and settled in to sleep.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 11:51 am
Once asleep, the selkie moved towards Toby and curled against him, snuggling. His warmth might have been less pronounced in human form, but that didn't seem to matter to the sleeping selkie. She draped her arm loosely across him.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:02 pm
Toby had rolled back over by that point, and when Maia wrapped her arms around him he slipped one around her and sighed into her hair. His brain didn't correlate her scent to that of Maia, only to a woman and his sleepy brain was somewhat used to finding its person in the arms of a woman from years ago.
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:10 pm
It was a while before Maia stirred, eyes fluttering open. She stared. Huh. Well. This was New. And sort of nice. She brushed the hair out of Toby's face with a hand. She didn't move otherwise, She didn't want to be the one to wake him up when he so needed the sleep. Poor guy. He'd had a rough night.
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