exhaustion still lingers in every pore in her body, despite having at least eight hours judging by the brightness leaking between the curtains in the bedroom. plus, she's fairly certain she fell asleep on the couch last night... not long into the tv episode she'd insisted she could stay up for. her first year of her residency has been brutal and she's asked her mom more than once how she had even considered having her sister in the middle of it. she's tempted to remain in bed for the first day of one of only three weeks interns are allotted off in her program... but, sam's already out of bed. she wants to squeeze as much time in with him as she can before they meet alyssa and her new girlfriend at rocky mountain national park for the weekend.
following a small stretch, she makes her way out to the kitchen still clad in her pjs. the rich, nutty scent of coffee reaches her before she steps into the kitchen, somehow instantly making her hyperaware of the dark circles under her eyes... eighty hours in the emergency department is not a light work week. rubbing at her eyes as sam comes into view, still fiddling with the coffee machine, even though what looks like a perfect cup is steaming inside of her favorite mushroom mug. she leans in to press a kiss to his cheek before her hands wrap around the mug, savoring the warmth. â still up for going for brunch this morning? we could always order in and pig out on the couch. â either way, she wants her lemon blueberry french toast.