Room 334, Copacabana Palace, Rio, Sunday Morning

[whenshewasnice]

Despite some major bumps along the way, this Spring Break week had righted itself eventually, even if it hadn't been without a lot of painful past things discussed. Natalie supposed that was something you did when you wanted your relationship to be about more than just hanging out.

Not that that made it any easier.

But waking up seemed to be easy today, at least in the sense that coming into consciousness wasn't immediately followed by being metaphorically hit in the face with the mistakes of days past. With a sigh, she covered the arm around her with her own, and slid her fingers between Sam's. This morning was already better than the previous one had been.

[ooc: For one, and inna separate post to not break the trip one (again, sorry about that)!]

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[necroslacker]

"Well yeah, I'm sure we'll find ways to sleep together again," Sam amended, not quite getting at what she might be hinting at. It was early and he wasn't the smartest person in the world. "I just meant as a daily thing, you know."

[whenshewasnice]

That was fine. Natalie didn't need him to get it right away, anyway. The idea itself was only half formed so far.

"So did I."

[necroslacker]

"Hmm?"

Sam picked his head up a bit and propped it up with the arm that wasn't around her.

"What are you thinking about, Nat?"

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie turned her head a little too see him, and there was a brief flicker of a smile to see him so close.

She shrugged the shoulder that wasn't pressing into the mattress. "I think they let you request other rooms in the dorms."

[necroslacker]

"You wanna be roommates?" Sam asked, sounding slightly surprised but not in a bad way. He just hadn't expected that idea to get itself into her head. "What brought that on?"

[whenshewasnice]

Another vague shrug. "This?" She happened to like this. Even if living in close quarters had the potential to make that not-really-sullen thing extra awkward. "It's just something to think about."

[necroslacker]

"This is pretty amazing," he agreed, leaning forward to kiss the spot behind her ear. "I just thought you might want to keep your space. Wanting to live with me is just asking for personal space invasions all the time when I just wanna cuddle with you."

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie chuckled, quietly. "I'm sure you'd learn to work on your timing."

Because he wasn't wrong, she did like her space sometimes.

[necroslacker]

"Mmm, it might me nice though," Sam agreed, settling back down behind her and sighing. "Wouldn't have to worry about making roommates uncomfortable if we wanted to have sleepovers."

[whenshewasnice]

"Wouldn't accidentally go a week without seeing each other because we were too busy," Natalie replied. For a given value of 'busy'. "Or have to plan too far ahead."

[necroslacker]

"See?" Sam kissed the back of her shoulder this time. "You do miss me. I knew you missed me when I wasn't around. I knew it."

[whenshewasnice]

"I did miss you," Natalie replied, because she knew when not to argue pointlessly about things they both knew were true. Plus, she'd liked that kiss. "A significant amount."

[necroslacker]

"I like the idea of rooming together," he told her, words muffled by her shoulder. He kissed that spot again. "If you think you'll be able to deal with me, we should definitely consider it."

[whenshewasnice]

"Mm." That was one of those idle sounds again. "Then we'll consider it. But no rush."

It was a tiny little bit of commitment, after all. No good rushing.

[necroslacker]

"No rush," Sam agreed before he actually started shifting a bit more. He moved her around slightly, trying to get her body underneath his. He wanted his weight to be pressing her down gently into the mattress and he wanted to see her face now.

He moved to pin her wrists lightly on either side of her head. She could easily overpower him but he was in a good mood and feeling a little playful. "Last morning in Brazil. What should we do?"

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie snickered and let him do what he wanted to. She could take some playfulness right about now.

"Go see whatever culturally significant sights we've missed?"

Yeah, she doubted that'd be it. And she'd done some pretty extensive tours on the days they'd spent apart, anyway.

[necroslacker]

"That might require getting out of bed," he pointed out, pretty sure he didn't want that right now. The bed was so comfortable and she was there which made it even better.

"Pick something else to do," he decided, dipping his head down to kiss her collarbone and shoulder.

[whenshewasnice]

She sighed, enjoying that. "Something else? Hmm." The choices were varied and infinite, truly. "Read?"

Well, that one didn't require getting out of bed!

[necroslacker]

"No reading unless you're gonna read to me," Sam said, giving her collarbone a little lick this time. "If you're gonna read to me, I might consider that okay."

[whenshewasnice]

"Mmhmm. And what would you like me to read to you? The morning paper?" She sighed again, smiling a bit at the ceiling. "You're pretty bossy this morning, Samhain."

[necroslacker]

"I'm sure you've got a book or two with you that I'd be interested in," he murmured, pressing a line of kisses against her neck and jaw. "Besides, I bet you'd actually like reading to me."

[whenshewasnice]

"Oh?" she asked, tilting her head backwards a bit. More skin exposed, as if there wasn't enough already. "Why do you think that?"

He was probably not wrong.

[necroslacker]

"You love reading and you like me," he explained, moving to kiss her chin and the underside of her throat. "If you can combine two things like that, why wouldn't you?"

[whenshewasnice]

"Guess that makes sense," she murmured, even if it wasn't something she'd ever considered before. "Guess that could be fun. But I doubt that would be your first choice."

[necroslacker]

"Would it be yours?" he asked, pushing himself up to look down at her now. "We can do things you wanna do, you know. I don't mind."