#caught napping

Eucanthos / cosmonautroger

Ve collapsed onto his bed heavily, face-first into the pillow. The linens and furs gave around him, nestling him in a short wall of soft warmth before he turned his head slightly to reach air.

"Hmm,  just one hour," he insisted back to the Vanir woman who had helped walk him to his room. "No more . . . need to get . . . back to work . . . soon . . ."

His eyes had begun falling shut again, and he struggled to focus on Freyja as she stood beside the bed. "C'n stay . . . near . . . t' wake me up," he exhaled slowly, sinking further into his pillow, "in an . . . hour . . ."