She can't

Amber groaned. "I can't. I open tomorrow..."

"Aww, that's okay."

"And I open the day after, too..."

"Dang." Reese nuzzled Amber's stomach with the top of their head. "So no Amber time until Friday?"

"I'm afraid not. Is that okay?"

"Why wouldn't it be?" They craned their neck so they could kiss her stomach. "Like, obviously I wish we could spend more time together, but, I mean... that's gonna happen, right? Some days just won't work out."

"Yeah. True."

"But..." Reese blushed. "I'll, umm... miss you." They made a face.

Amber giggled. "I'll miss you too." She smiled down at them. "I'll probably text you, like, a lot. Is that okay?"

"I would be sad if you didn't."

She tapped the end of their nose. "Good. And... I just wanna give you a heads up... even though I don't work on Sunday I won't be able to hang out much. Gotta get ready to teach on Monday. Bleh."

"That's okay. And then you'll need a few days, right?"

She nodded. "Mmhmm..."

"Okay."

"Is that alright?"

"Of course it is."

"Okay." She idly played with a lock of Reese's hair.

"Do you work Saturday?"

"I do. But Rebekah wants to give me a more manageable schedule so I'm off in the afternoon."

"Do you think --"

"I want to hang out, yes." She giggled. "Beat you to it."

"You are a runner."

She snorted. "That was a terrible fucking joke."

"I know." They stifled a yawn.

"Sleepy?"

"A little."

"I guess I did wake you up early, huh?"

"Yeah, it was awful." Reese giggled, then sighed as Amber cupped their cheek. She tenderly ran her fingers down to their chin, then up to their temple.

Amber laughed. "Goon. Wanna get some more sleep?"

"Mmm... it's tempting." Reese nuzzled her thigh. "But we don't have a lot of time until you go to work..."

"We have four hours, baby."

"Oh. Well..." They kissed her again. Their eyelids were growing heavy... "Would that be okay...?"

"Why wouldn't it be?"

"'Cause... we only have four hours until you have to go to work..."

She giggled. "Four hours can be a long time, baby."

The endearment set off an undignified wave of purrs and nuzzles.

"What?" Amber ran her fingers through their hair.

"Nothing..."

"Tell me..."

"I know I've said it like a million times but I just really like it when you say it."

Amber hummed and played with the top of Reese's ear. "You're really cute, you know that?"

"Nooo..."

"Mmhmm... get some sleep, sleepyhead."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I kind of wanted to read on my phone a little anyway."

"Okay..." Reese started to roll over so they could lie next to her, but Amber gently grabbed their shoulder and kept them in place.

"I like this," she said softly, stroking their cheek. "You can sleep just like this."

"Oh..." Reese snuggled in Amber's lap, bringing one arm up to loosely wrap around her midsection. It would have shocked them, how quickly they fell asleep.