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[longlonghair]

Rapunzel was watching Alex sleep again. She seemed to be doing a lot of that lately. She had been babying him since they'd gotten back to the bar, and thanking God silently during every moment of it that he was around to baby. Tears welled again at the thought of how close he had come to not coming back at all

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[gotham_knocking]

At her touch, Alex awakes. He sees her, and smiles. "Hey. What time is it?"

[longlonghair]

"It's not too late, I don't think."

She turns her head and looks at the clock.

"Just after eight. How do you feel? Are you hungry?"

[gotham_knocking]

He sits up, respledent in his t-shirt and boxers under the sheets, and lets his body talk to him. "Better. Still sore. I think that is gonna take a while to heal.

"But yeah, I am hungry."

[longlonghair]

She smiles softly and cups his cheek in a caress that also checks him for a temperature. His cheek is rough with stubble, but not hot to the touch.

"What would you like to eat? I'll run down and get it from the bar, and we can have a bed-picnic."

Just having him awake and talking is helping her mood. The tears have vanished (hopefully before he saw them) and she gets to her feet.