Linger awake

Ethan doesn't sleep right away, keeping his eyes open.

Normally, fighting sleep is hard, but with a half-naked woman next to him he finds it simple.

After a few minutes of silence, he feels some light rustling coming from Ashley's side of the bed. Sort of faking sleep, or at least not responding to the motion, he stays still and quiet, letting it play out.

Whatever Ashley is doing it takes her a minute or so of moving to finish, and only after she stills does the sound of fabric hitting the floor tell Ethan what just happened.

She took her boxers off.

Turns out it's not just shirts she doesn't wear to bed.