It’s like 50 years old
Chase laughed.
Charlie
That’s not very nice
Aunix
I don’t know how old those towels are but I think it’s time to get new ones
Charlie
They’re actually new
There was a long pause. Chase didn’t know what the Alpha’s face looked like, but he could guess it wasn’t too happy right about then.
Aunix
What are your sheets like?
Charlie
Uh normal?
Aunix
Jesus Christ
All right just lie down on the bed
Want you to relax again, okay?
Just want you to notice how your skin feels
Do what feels comfortable
Charlie
Ok
Chase got under the sheets. They were cool and pretty soft, in Chase’s admittedly ignorant opinion.
He closed his eyes. Relaxed like he’d done in the bath. He drifted.
He felt…safe. Like he was finally somewhere he wasn’t being judged. Where he could be sure he was good. He didn’t have to rein himself in, didn’t have to watch his every step, didn’t have to feel the emptiness around him.
He was being cradled in something tender, instead.
He had to force his eyelids open.
Charlie
Feeling good
Sleepy
Aunix