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It was early, the sun wasn't up, in fact it wouldn't be for another hour, and the birds werent chirping yet. But despite all that, there Viper was, knocking on Sage's door despite knowing she didn't have to. She had a key given to her by the healer, after all. And without much time wasted the door was opened, the woman on the other side luring Viper in with a calm welcoming. Though, Viper barely acknowledged such things, her mind was fuzzy and occupied with other feelings and strange emotions. But Sage didn't mind, in fact she knew what was going on.
As soon as the door was shut, Sage pulled the venemous woman in front of her into a gentle and caring embrace. She made sure to check Viper's expressions to be sure everything that was happening was okay. She knew that sometimes she didn't like being touched. Today though, was not one of those days. Sage rubbed the others palm with her thumb, trying to make her feel safe, and it worked. She hummed softly, leaning slightly to kiss her forehead, to which Viper was very appreciative of.
Sage decided to stop them from staying against her door all morning long, moving Viper to her bed. In which the woman curled up against a soft pillow she was quite familiar with now, waiting for Sage to join her. She was very familiar with alot of things in Sage's room, like the basket of small trinkets on the shelf, or the paintings on the wall. Some being made by Sage herself. And the smell, it almost always smelled like lavender or vanilla because of the candles Sage had. She loved those smells, and had grown close to them because Sage smelled like it too.
She finally snaps out of her thoughts as Sage crawled into the bed. Viper noticed a newly lit candle on the dresser, and knew that was what Sage had been busy with. She felt arms wrap around her, moving into them and closing her eyes tightly. She wanted to capture this feeling and keep it with her forever. "Did something trigger you?" Sage finally asks the question Viper had been dreading, not getting a response for a while.
"Kind've."
Sage smiles at her, asking "Kind've? What happened then?"
"It's been a bad day. My experiment didn't go as planned, Raze went into my lab without permission and got into my poisons..I'm sure you know of that, she went to you to make sure she was okay after all.. And then Sova was drunk and tried to kiss me.." Viper went on a little rant, while Sage listened quietly as she played with her lovers hair. "It sounds awful, I wish you would've come to me sooner darling." Sage says in a soft tone, kissing the others cheek.
"I wanted to deal with my problems myself. I guess I couldn't..God I'm a screw up."
"It's okay to need me sometimes, Sabine. You are perfect just the way you are." Sage intertwines her fingers with Viper's, holding her close. "How about we get some rest, hm?" She asks, they only had about 2 or 3 hours left before they absolutely had to wake up.
Viper nods, indicating she was fine with sleeping. It had become a common thing for Viper to sleep in Sage's bed, she didn't even worry about it at that point. Neither of them did.
And so, both Sage and Viper were asleep cuddled up in eachothers arms for the next 2 and a half hours, looking so peaceful together as they slept.