I felt uncomfortable trying to sleep beside Ares after I had been crying so much.
Everything was still tense and there had been no resolution so now we both had to try to sleep like this, or he would have to go and sleep elsewhere, which would raise a lot of questions.
I lay on my back with my eyes closed. They were still stinging from the fact I had been crying for so long, and there was still a constant lump in my throat; it was an unshakable reminder that I might break down again at any moment, and I couldn’t rid myself of the unpleasant feeling.
Ares was just lying next to me.
I think he probably felt as uneasy as I did, and it felt like turning to each other for any sort of physical comfort and the moment would be inappropriate, so I didn’t curl up close to him even when I heard
