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29. a kiss as a promise
on Ao3!!
word count: 1,262
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Adam woke up scrunching his face, morning sunlight blinding him through the windows. He rolled over in bed, only to find his wife smiling at him.
“Watching me while I sleep, are you?” he grumbled, rubbing his eyes.
Belle chuckled, “I’ve been awake for four hours already, love.”
“Why on earth would you do that?”
“I didn’t! Your child decided to practice the waltz at half past four this morning! I couldn’t get back to sleep after that.”
Adam opened his eyes again, waking up a bit more but still in a fog. He reached over to place a hand on Belle’s pregnant belly. “I’m sorry little one was misbehaving,” he muttered, tired but earnest.
Belle sighed, melting back into her pillow. “Not the first night it’s happened.”
Her husband adjusted himself a bit. They faced each other in bed, which was often how they fell asleep — talking too late into the night until one of them (usually Belle) passed out.
“Have you had tea yet?”
“I’ve done about thirty things already, but yes, tea was one of them,” Belle replied, poking his nose.
He hated when she did that, but he wouldn’t dare start an argument when she was tired and carrying their child and clearly tired of carrying their child. Even if she wasn’t one to complain, as he generally was, he could sense her irritation.
“That’s good. Did you have any dreams?”
Belle’s eyes lit up. “I did actually! How did you know?”
Adam smiled. She dreamt virtually every night, and she always told him about it. “Lucky guess.”
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