"You're not falling back asleep, are you?"
"Mm. Not this time."
"Believe me, I wish we could just crawl right back under the sheets. But Cassius needs that tome by tomorrow."

Verrasel carefully threaded lace through the eyelets of Theo's arming doublet. Tugging twice upon it to ensure its security, she leaned back upon her folded legs and smiled.
"Okay, how's that?"
He slowly rotated his arm, feeling where she had tied the rebrace. No catches, no snags, only smooth movement.
"Perfect fit."

Sinking her chin into his shoulder, while it remained without a pauldron, she hugged his arm to her chest.
"How about now?"
"Even better."

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Big thanks to   angrycontra for their work on this piece! I absolutely love the shading on both characters, it looks absolutely phenomenal.
A little bit of info, also, I have quite a bit of story I'm wanting to put on here about these two. I'm looking into a creative way to best combine art and story, I hope it turns out great :)