James
I woke up the next morning with Gillian’s hand on my chest with her fingers in my chest hair and her arm tucked up underneath mine. I have no clue when she did this in the night but we always seemed to wake up like this, even when we started our nights on our own sides of the bed.
I took a deep breath of our room, finding it comforting. I brought my hand up to wrap around Gillian’s and stroked the back of it with my thumb. She took in a deep breath and snuggled into my back just a little more, rubbing her face between my shoulder blades. I felt her relax once more, indicating that she hadn’t woken up yet.
I laid there for a while before moving to get out of bed. I went to the bathroom to relieve myself. When I came back to the room, Gillian had her arm stretched out and her hand
