“Are you…” Scott paused for a second, eyeing the queen sized bed in the middle of the bedroom. “Are you sure you don’t want me to sleep on the couch?”

Red laughed as she tossed a dirty t-shirt across the room. “Scott, don’t be silly. We’ve been together for almost six weeks now. Don’t be such a prude.”

“When have you ever known me to be prude?” Scott chided. He un-did the button on the back of his shirt that held it over the top of his wings. It glided off, exposing his shoulders and chest. “I don’t know if you noticed…” Scott flopped his back on the center of the bed, spreading his wings to either side. His impressive wingspan hung over the edge of the sheets. “I kind of take up a LOT of real estate.”

Red slipped a light blue nightgown over her head. “Sweetie, I don’t care if you take up two beds, no boyfriend of mine is sleeping on the couch. “Well,” she smirked, “Unless you deserve it.”

Scott immediately blushed the second uttered the word “boyfriend”. He wasn’t used to being called that yet. In the two years of his last relationship, Scott’s last partner never called him “boyfriend” once. “I just don’t want to smack you with a wing in the middle of the night.” He folded both wings against his back in their resting position and leaned back against the pillow.

“It’s a risk I’m willing to take to FINALLY get some quality together time.” She said as she eagerly crawled on the bed next to Scott.

“Quality together time?” Scott replied. “We see each every day at work.”

“Yeah, but do we ever really get to spend any time together? I mean, we hang out at lunch, and we talk during deliveries and breaks, but that’s pretty much it.” Red sighed. “Look, don’t laugh ok?” Her nose started to turn as red as her fur. “I’ve wanted to have you stay the night ever since we got together.”

“Why would I laugh at that?” Scott asked. He slipped his hand around her waist. “It’s not like you had to twist my arm that much.”

“It just sounds so stupid when I say it out loud, especially since we’ve banged quite a bit prior to tonight.” Her nose got redder.

“Well yeah, but using Jessie’s car as a love hotel kind of got taken off the table when he nearly gave me a black eye after he found your panties.” Scott chuckled.

Red chuckled along with Scott. “But this isn’t about sex… this is about being with you.” She wrapped her arm around Scott’s neck, nuzzling his cheek. “I’ve daydreamed quite a bit about falling asleep with my ear on your chest, hearing your heartbeat, synching my breathing with you, feeling the warmth of your skin on my face.” A deep rumbling slowly started gaining volume in the back of her throat.

“Well, you are quite cuddly yourself.” Scott tightened his grip on her waist, pulling her closer. “I suppose if you REALLY wanted me to, I could be your winged body pillow for the night. Maybe even sing you a lullaby? After all…”

Scott drew in a breath. “The best of times…” He started to sing. “Are when I’m alone with you…”

As he sang, she purred even louder. It was going to be a wonderful night.

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I've wanted to do a picture of these two like this for a while. I've always said that their relationship sort of mirrors mine. I spent a LOT of time with my husband (then boyfriend) at work because we worked in the same office. Even though we hung out every day, it was never quality time. So when he did start staying over at my house, it was SO NICE. But I also lived with my parents and only had a twin bed, so snuggle time usually meant me sleeping on the very edge of the bed while he took up most of it. Was still worth every second.

These two are in a similar boat, though they kept their relationship a secret from all of their friends for about a month, as Red is technically Scott's boss, and neither of them wanted to deal with the hassle. It sort of fell flat when Jessie found Red's panties in his car, and nearly punched Scott's lights out for having sex in his car without permission. That whole situation is another story for another time.

Even though I have some issues in this image that still annoy me, I gotta say, it's probably my favorite picture of these two thus far. They're just too damn cute together.

And I just need to know what dollar store bargain bin Scott found those shorts in. They're so ugly they're adorable.