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e x ~ l i b r i s ~ i g n i s ([personal profile] mmexlibris) wrote2009-10-20 09:40 am
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[fic] The Ravelled Sleave of Care

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The Ravelled Sleave of Care
Sleep
Veronica Mars/Bryan Mills
Veronica Mars/Taken (2009)
G
100
 
Sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care
The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath
Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course,
Chief nourisher in life's feast.
~Wm. Shakespeare,
Macbeth
 
The credits on the DVD looped again. He watched the names scroll by, idly stroking her hair. Her hand clenched on his shirt front, and she made a soft, contented sound.

"You want me to tuck you in?"

She shook her head, not even bothering to lift her head from his chest.

He laughed, a low rumble, wrapping both long arms around her, holding her close. He took a deep breath, and let it out in a long sigh.

"Too old to sleep in a chair," he said.

"Accountants never sleep," she murmured, nestling closer.

She knows him too well, he thinks.
 
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