sits down to write a tense, thrilling finale, but is sleepy and a lil sad and writes this instead:
It’s still early, surely. She doesn’t have to get up. Doesn’t have to do anything but tilt her head until her lips brush against Robin’s brow, pulling a sleepy, wordless mumble from her, and slip her hands under Robin’s sleep shirt to feel the warmth of her skin against her fingers.
Robin makes another small sound, almost a whimper. She tucks her face deeper into the crook of Nancy’s neck.
“Not yet.” It’s almost a whine, slipping past her lips and into the quiet of the ship. Nancy presses her fingertips into her skin.
“No,” she breathes. “We have time. Go back to sleep.”