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Come to think of it, Lydia hadn’t gone to bed with her the previous night. It isn’t unusual for Kim to wake up with Lydia already out of the bed, but Kim would expect her to be ready for work or at least preparing herself.

“How long…?” Lydia looks at her, visibly disoriented. Then, she glances at the time on her computer screen and puts her face into her palms. “Oh, Jesus. I’ve been here all night.”

Kim frowns. “Is everything okay?”

Lydia manages a weak nod. “I’m fine. I just… I got caught up in working on something.”

Raising her eyebrows, Kim steps closer to her. “Is that for Madrigal, or your other business partner?”

Kim is still coming to terms with Lydia’s… side business. On one hand, it concerns her and even reminds her of her less than legal history with Saul Goodman. On the other hand, Kim has changed as well and she can’t exactly judge too harshly. When it comes down to it, she just wants to make sure her girlfriend is safe.

“It’s for Gus,” Lydia says with full clarification. “It’s nothing serious, just… logistics. Very complicated logistics. Covertly getting one thing and another from point A to B. Stuff like that. It’s taken all night, but I’m finally done” She makes an emphatic gesture with her hands.

“So, you didn’t sleep at all?”

Lydia shakes her head.

“Hey,” Kim murmurs without any blame in her tone, “I told you to take care of yourself.” She places a tender hand on Lydia’s shoulder, pressing a kiss to the top of her head.

“I know, I know,” Lydia replies, leaning into Kim’s touch. She seems to really enjoy that kiss on her head, given the sleepy smile that grows on her face. “It’s just that– work comes first sometimes. I’ll be okay.” She tries to suppress a yawn and fails.

“How about you take today off? From Madrigal, that is. Call in sick.” Kim urges her with great conviction; she’s no stranger to the terrors of sleep deprivation. Every time she misses even a little sleep, she’s reminded of being on the side of a highway with a broken arm, her work documents scattered all around her.

That’s the last thing she wants to happen to Lydia.

“I really shouldn’t,” Lydia replies, shaking her head, though she seems hesitant to go to work even so. “Though, maybe it would be for the best. I don’t want my job performance to suffer after this all-nighter.”

“I’ll make it worth your while,” Kim tells her, sliding her hand down Lydia’s arm in a playful little gesture. She could easily mean it with more seductive intent, but she steers the offer in another direction. “I’ll make you some tea and we can cuddle, maybe have a nice nap…?”

“Oh, God,” Lydia groans. “You know me too well.” It would seem that she isn’t so difficult to convince when offered affection. “What about you, though? Don’t you have work today too?”

Kim shakes her head. “I’ve got the day off.”

Lydia frowns. “Oh,” she murmurs uneasily, “R– right. You do. That’s embarrassing for me to forget your schedule.”

“It’s okay.” Kim extends a hand to her, smiling softly. “Want to join me?”

Lydia gives in with a nod, taking Kim’s hand and joining her on the couch. “I still have to call out of work, if we’re doing this.”

“Okay.” Kim leads her to the couch, where she sits down beside Lydia. “I’ll put the water on while you do that.”

“Thank you,” Lydia tells her gratefully, retrieving her phone and dialing the number for Madrigal’s Houston branch. All the while, Kim fills the tea kettle and sets it onto the hot stove, preparing the tea for Lydia.

When all of that is out of the way and Lydia has had her tea, Kim snuggles up to her on the couch, wrapping her arms around the smaller woman. “Feeling better?”

Lydia chuckles slightly under her breath. “Yeah, a little. Much better now that you’re with me.”

When she moves in closer for a kiss, Kim doesn’t turn her away — in fact, she enjoys every moment of it. Lydia’s lips move against hers slowly, her lethargy evident when she sleepily wraps an arm around Kim. 

When the kiss breaks, Lydia murmurs, “I could get used to this.”

Kim grins. “Me, too.”