Frost groaned as the alarm blares beside her head and swatted at it in annoyance. Hail let out a grunt beside her and pulled her closer to him, burying his nose in her neck. "Can we just stay here forever?" he murmured in his gravelly early morning voice.
She tightened her grip on him and breathed in his salty air and sandalwood scent. "I wish we could, Hail, but this will all be over soon and we can live our lives in peace and so can a lot of other people."
He grumbled in annoyance at her reasonable words and kissed her temple. "You're so much more than this world deserves and I'm so proud to call you mine. Is it alright that I'm a little jealous that it took me so long to find you? How many years have we wasted?"
She chuckled as she nipped his bottom lip, earning herself a gentle grow
