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characters: tomite, hikitsu
Hikitsu, for all his barriers during the day, had lain his own sleeping skins out on the frosted grasses alongside Tomite’s own. And once again had wormed his way right up against Tomite’s back.
Tomite lay unmoving on his left side, Hikitsu’s warm breath tickling the hairs on the back of his neck, a vicious blush burning his cheeks, and a prayer that the other man would roll back over and away coursing through his mind.
It was too hot under the fur-lined blankets. Tomite had already stuck his bare feet out the from under the blankets into the biting night air, but had not dared move any further. The heavy arm slung over his waist kept him where he was.
When sleep finally claimed him, long after Hatsui had slipped into dreams of a comforting parents embrace, past when Takiko had found the courage to snuggle in close to Rimudo, and pillow her head on his shoulder, Tomite’s sleep was dreamless, for he was already in the arms of a dream he was scared to admit he enjoyed.