[ The huff gets another affectionate smile from him, even if it's lost with both of them focusing on the book. Supposedly, because the other unspoken part of Claude's 'plan' is finding a way to convince Sylvain's mind to shut off for a bit and, with any luck, enough for him to fall asleep. It's the main reason he doesn't break the silence once it blankets over them like something every bit as comfortable as the other's head against his shoulder.
It doesn't take long for him to sense the slow relaxation working its way through Sylvain as it creeps in. Claude keeps reading though his focus is less on what's written on the pages and more in tracking that as it progresses little by little. This is a familiar enough routine since while he's used to being the one awake to keep watch over someone else resting while reading just like this. Now in the quiet, Claude's willing to admit (to himself) that though the reason for it was less than ideal since he would've preferred it hadn't taken any kind of suffering first, a large part of feeling content is because Sylvain is here curled up next to him.
Much as he normally pushes that thought aside when it seems so simple on the surface and deceptively so when it could easily become anything but, tonight it has him turning to brush his lips against Sylvain's forehead before murmuring, ] Go to sleep. I've still got you.
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It doesn't take long for him to sense the slow relaxation working its way through Sylvain as it creeps in. Claude keeps reading though his focus is less on what's written on the pages and more in tracking that as it progresses little by little. This is a familiar enough routine since while he's used to being the one awake to keep watch over someone else resting while reading just like this. Now in the quiet, Claude's willing to admit (to himself) that though the reason for it was less than ideal since he would've preferred it hadn't taken any kind of suffering first, a large part of feeling content is because Sylvain is here curled up next to him.
Much as he normally pushes that thought aside when it seems so simple on the surface and deceptively so when it could easily become anything but, tonight it has him turning to brush his lips against Sylvain's forehead before murmuring, ] Go to sleep. I've still got you.