" well, of course i stayed. you're here, where else would i be? " > Rensley
Prompt
Stop these two literally live rent free in my brain
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Ensley bent over the plate. She had done the best she could without having to use the stove-not an easy feat but she'd done it. She was tempted to taste test, but she didn't want to steal food from Reidunn. She'd come over last night at the request of a sniffling Reidunn, and she'd spent the night at her bedside. She could have left, but she wasn't going to leave her girlfriend alone with a cold, which she had assumed was the problem. She didn't make a habit of staying over with people; it complicated things. Soon you spend so much time with them you begin to miss them when they aren't there, and then you've got a whole different mess. But she couldn't bring herself to leave Reidunn's side, her mind conjuring a vision of her needing Ensley and finding herself alone.
Ensley picked up the plate, softly entering Reidunn's room again to find her already awake, staring at the ceiling.
"Knock knock. Breakfast." Reidunn looked at her, eyes wide. Ensley had made it clear before her feelings on staying with people overnight, and the pair was equally surprised she was still here.
"You stayed?" Reidunn's voice was coarse, and Ensley helped her to sit up, handing her the plate of room temperature and yet hopefully still good food. She didn't find her voice for a moment, cheeks flaming.
"Well of course I stayed. You're here, where else would I be?" She muttered, putting more attention than was necessary on straightening Reidunn's blankets. When she did look up, she found Reidunn watching her with a sort of affection smugness. "Don't look at me like that. Eat up."
She stood, kissing Reidunn's forehead and turning to leave. Reidunn caught her hand, worried eyes trained on Ensley.
"I'm just going to clean your kitchen dearest. I promise I'll come back." Her promise seemed to relieve the huldra's anxieties, and she soon had her hand back.
It's complicated now. Ensley's head was pounding in time with her heart. She thought of the affection Reidunn looked at her with. Perhaps complicated wasn't always bad.














