Alicia was still getting used to school, still bone-tired when she came home from all the new impressions, all the new people, and (re)learning so much is such short time. She loved every minute of it, but she had worked as a Healer for years, so having to sit still and learn again, that took some getting used to. As excited as the twins were about going back to school, she was grateful that they, too, were tired from all the new tasks that came from having advanced a year. So the house on Sheffield Terrace went quiet and dark early these days. Adrian being just as busy was, thus, both a blessing and a curse. Alicia knew that she couldn’t give him all the time she wanted, but she still missed him horribly, and had taken to wearing one of his shirts when she went to bed. At least then she was surrounded by his scent as she slept.
Feeling the dip of the mattress and then the warmth of a familiar body, she drifted up from her deep sleep to somewhere near awake, where she had enough sense to recognize him rather than be spooked by the unexpected presence. With a soft sigh she rolled over to snuggle up against him, slipping one foot between his thighs and her arm around his waist as she tilted her head up for a kiss.