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It was early when I woke up. /Very/ early. 

Slipping out of bed, I have myself a bath and then make up some tea for Kate and I and a bit of oatmeal, something that I like having on cold mornings. Afterward, I slip outside to see when practice for The Games begins, speaking with a friend who's sitting out on his porch and having a smoke. 

The next morning

He wakes up early the next morning and he can feel you next to him. It's then that he remembers you're lying beside him. With a smile, he kisses your neck and he slips out of bed. He goes and he takes a quick bath, using some of the water that was left in his basin and then he gets dressed. You can feel him sits down on the mattress to put his boots on.

"You could have been found by an orc hunting party," he says, his voice husky. "You couldn't even begin to imagine the horrors of what they would have done to you." 

He can't help but laugh a little as you say that bit about his reputation. "Oh, my love, were you not listening earlier? It would be bad for my reputation if I didn't have a woman home with me, even if I couldn't recall her name." He laughs again, leaning over and laying his lips on your forehead.

"Worry not, you're in good hands. I am deeply, deeply sorry if you cannot get home. I know...what that feels like, wanting to get home when you know that you cannot. I am sorry your heart aches. But...I suppose I can try to mend it for you, if you'd let me. We can make this house a home."