He had been comfortably chewing on his protein bar as willingly settled himself into her deep burrowing embrace. It filled him with a sort of warmth he found himself growing to like and wanting more of everytime they could steal away some time to cuddle in close to one another. All the blankets were a tad on the warm side for him, but figuring she wanted the feeling as of security as much as anything else he settled himself in as the serpents wriggled to show their own affection. One even going so far as to get his food! He batted it away playfully and quickly shoved the rest of his food safely away into his mouth for safety exactly like a chipmunk and gave a purely throaty 'mmmf!' of victory at the little companion. As a consolation prize he started to gently gently pet the snake to soothe away some of the anxiety of being denied a meal.

Until he was distracted by the plushy affectionate kisses to the back of his neck. A little shiver tremored through his body and focused his attention on the snake trying to ignore the rapid flutter of his heart at the affection he had come to thrive on. AH conversation! Good thank the greek mutants called gods for it stopped her from torturing him for a bit. 

"I was tempted to do so anyway consequences be damned. They really weren't built for two though. Someone should fix that." Tone playfully grumpy at the thought before sighing, relaxing into her some more. "Your opinion is the only one I care about.  As long as your happy and happy with me I couldn't ask for anything more then that. Everyone else is just background noise dearest." Moving his hand to rub one of her bare legs she had wrapped around him. 

Dammit he had been mentally prepared for a clingy drift back to sleep, but it appeared she had other ideas. Ideas like torturing his poor soul and heart in a delirious nice way. It was impossible to hide the way his back tensed with how tightly she had snuggled up against him when she nibbled his shoulder. It was far too close to his sensitive neck for his liking. Which just so happened to be where her cheek was occasionally resting against. A far more demure 'mmmff' subvocalized itself from his throat and couldn't suppress a shiver. It wasn't quite a moan, but it certainly had the capacity to become one if she didn't stop. 

"If I didn't know you better I would think you had ulterior motives for trapping me like this." It had taken a moment to calm his breathing some so it didn't soo tooo shaky or wispy. He didn't really want it to stop. Any tenderness after the last week was absorbed like a water starved plan. Almsot startling himself as he remembered something his free hand rummaged into the pillowcase he was laying on and with the unmistakeable crinkle of paper. The slightly crumbled post it note moved next to his neck so she could read it. 'Just seeing you smile brightens my day. 3 of ?' 

"Just in case you thought I was lying about them being hidden about."     

"Trust me, it is a complaint we get often." She chuckled at the idea, her breath ghosting over his skin.

It was impossible for her not to notice the tenseness in his back, or the little sounds she seemed to be able to get out of him unintentionally... for the most part. it was probably just as easy for him to notice how she jerked a little every time he touched her leg, or how she had wriggled a little bit when he started petting the snake. Apparently they were going to play a game of subtly trying to tempt the other until one of them snapped.

The only response his teasing accusation received was a demure giggle while she continued nibbling for a bit. It was exciting, and that in and of itself was as good of a distraction as sleep was. Besides, even if she was super tired, avoiding sleep meant avoiding any more nightmares she knew were lurking around somewhere in her head.

She paused her ministrations when he pulled a piece of paper from within her pillow case in order to blink at it for a moment in silence.

... She'd been sleeping on that without even knowing it was there!

For some reason that made it all together more sweet, and she dove back down to cuddle him aggressively again. It was hard to express any further how important those words were, especially right at that moment.

Feeling emboldened, she scrambled up and over him, flopping onto the other side so she could face him as their blankets started to resettle.

"I believed you. You would never lie to me." Andrea wiggled back in, vying to be as close as possible while kicking her greedy snakes to the back. She reached to tangle her hands with his, blushing slightly now that she was facing him. She still couldn't look him directly in the eyes, but his lips were just as fascinating to look at.

"Have I told you that I can feel you petting the snakes?" She mumbled, "Just as if you were touching my skin."

He subvocalized a sounds that was part enjoyment with the other part torture. Thankfully his little stunt and the fact he had whipped out a note allowed him to regain a bit of his composure. The affection wasn't unwelcome in the slightest, but she was having entirely too much teasing him if her little giggle was any indication of the fact. 

It did however mean she attached herself to him like a loving little limpet. Of course just as he was about to wiggle in as close as he could she seemed to have other more restless ideas. A brief moment as a human jungle gym later and he was facing the object of his affection instead. Very intimately close as well. 

Opening his mouth to object he wound she wasn't wrong. "I guess I wouldn't." Even his usual mask of bored neutrality had ceased to be around her. His heart was working slightly harder than it needed to and he could feel her own as she pressed against him. It was very soothing and a little smile settled on his face as he looked at hers. 

She could feel it like it was her own skin? A range emotions played out on his face in pantomime of seven stages of grief if it were substituted for confusion and awe. "Err.. no. You seemed to have kept that little tidbit filed away for some reason." Erik surmised she was just too nice to mention it earlier. He had been rather affectionate to them since day one and he hoped he hadn't been 'taking liberties' with the slithery rascals. "I am... sorry? Do you want me to stop?" Ack! He remembered the time he kissed them all. Had they even been dating then? Man he was the worst.

Wiggling a hand free from her needy grasp he reached up to gently caress along her cheek. "I really didn't know it was possible to miss a person so much."

"Mhm." She nodded slightly at him and her blush deepened. She'd been keeping it a secret for a while now. "I, um.. was a bit embarrassed by it, I suppose. Not because you were doing it, but because I didn't know how to broach the subject." He'd been affectionate to the snakes long before they had become a thing, after all.

"Please don't stop? They will get moody, I'm sure. We share a lingering connection when it comes to feelings." She smiled back and held back a yawn. Even if she was excited to be cuddling with him, she couldn't shake the sleepiness entirely.

One of her hands left his to reach up and press the hand on her cheek in a little more snugly. "I know how you feel.." Hearing it from his mouth though was always so... overwhelming. To think someone could miss her that much again?

"But we are together again, and there is no need to miss me anymore." She inched forward to press a gentle kiss against his lips.

An impish grin slipped onto his face as she explained and he could only find it in himself to tease even more. "You were embarassed because you liked it and wanted your own little personal secret didn't you? Don't worry I have no intention of stopping 'specially now that I know you enjoy it." The impish grin turning playfully smug.

The moment felt so warm, so intimate and perfect he never wanted it to end. His thumb caressing her cheek again as she held it fast to herself. He tahnked whatever force in the universe made seeing and holding her possible again and kissed her gently back, that didn't feel like enough and he finished it with an eskimo kiss.

He gave a sad smile as he thought on her words, she made him so emotive. "Love, I missed you when you went to the bathroom. There is no need for it, but the heart is rarely so easily convinced. His free arm giving her body a gentle squeeze. 

"If you feel comfortable you should rest some more and in the morning i will ma- order us some breakfast. Whatever you want." Cooking it appeared would never be a strong suit of his. His mind wandered far too much to keep anything from burning, but he absolutely not letting her cook her first day back, Nope! She was going to have to endure at least a full day of loving and pampering, maybe even two.