[ Mouth presses to perfectly-adequate hairline all the same, as if in apology for the question, or the circumstances, or the interruption of Isaac's far more predictable circadian rhythm (as if any of those things were not, in their way, a choice), ]
Think of him, yes.
[ The slip of a palm between mattress and half-asleep hip might be cheating, too, if it wasn't just habit, muscles easing muscles they've gotten used to tending.
He doesn't doubt Isaac has thoughts on the subject. --Somewhere in there. He can be patient. (He'll have an elbow cramp in a minute, too.) ]
no subject
Think of him, yes.
[ The slip of a palm between mattress and half-asleep hip might be cheating, too, if it wasn't just habit, muscles easing muscles they've gotten used to tending.
He doesn't doubt Isaac has thoughts on the subject. --Somewhere in there. He can be patient. (He'll have an elbow cramp in a minute, too.) ]