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All you can hear is the sound of classical music flow through the apartment. You never could memorize the composer to the songs, you would have to ask Natasha about it later. Right now though you are leaning your head on her thigh sitting back on your knees. Your legs went numb a while ago but you didn’t notice, too spaced out from Nat brushing her hands through your hair.
You had been restless all day and didn’t know what to do with yourself. Natasha was working so you were at home alone, which is fine and not an unusual occurrence, but today you were restless because you had finally finished your last assignment for the winter semester. Feeling the need to get your energy out you set about cleaning the apartment. The dishes were washed, the laundry was going, bed made, and bathroom disinfected. By the time Nat came home she found you asleep on the bed next to a pile of freshly clean clothes.
She let you sleep until dinner was ready then let you relax on the couch while she cleaned up the dishes. You were quiet at dinner and Nat could tell you were still tired so she came up with a small plan for the evening.
“Come over here y/n.” She was directing you to stand in between her legs where she sat on the couch. “Perfect Красивый. Now kneel for me.”
You didn’t really get why Nat was having you kneel but who were you to disagree. Only good could come from kneeling in front of her. Still you weren’t reading too much into it when she nudged you until you had your head resting on her thigh. She lightly ran her fingers through your hair and you didn’t notice your eyes falling shut and your breath getting deeper.
Natasha knew that you could go a bit non-verbal when stressed so she knew something was bothering her love when she got home and had to remedy it the best she could. Having you lay against her made her reminisce on your journey together. Natasha was a professor at the local University that you went to. You never attended any classes of hers because she was in a completely different department than you but you met her by accident when you were on campus late and took a shortcut through the music building. She was walking out at the same time as you and you two ended up striking up conversation that led to getting coffee to now two years later living together. She didn’t know that you were a student and you didn’t know she was a professor the first time you met but once you two found out there was a bit of nervousness about what that meant. After doing some research in the student and staff rules you guys found that since there was no chance of you being involved in the music department it was allowed. There was also the age difference, 24 and 34, but found that it didn’t affect things most of the time.
It had been about 45 minutes before Natasha saw that you were starting to wake up. Eyelashes fluttered and wide eyes looked up at her.
“Good morning my love. Did you have a nice nap? Come on your legs must be numb by now, let me set the tub up then we can head to bed.”
Fully wake and in a better mood you got up with her help, because really your legs were pins and needles at this point. and sat on the couch until she walked you into the bathroom. “Nat you didn’t have to do all this.” You couldn’t keep the love out of your voice if you wanted to. She had bubbles in the tub, a few candles lit, and brought out the massage oils.
“Of course I did. I could tell you were having an off day and so I thought you deserved a nice relaxing night. I know the kneeling helps with keeping your mind clear but I thought this would be nice too. Now come on the water is at your favorite temperature get it so i can start massaging your shoulders.” Nat helped you undress and you got into the tub and left room for her to sit behind you. She got to work and wow could she get rid of the knots in your shoulders. Truly she had magic hands.
“Thank you for the compliment cutie although I feel like my hand skills are usually better applied to different areas. Now did you want to talk about how you were feeling or why? Or we can just do this u til we turn into raisins and go to sleep. Whichever you want I am happy with.”
“It’s nothing I just fished my last assignment for the semester and it had me thinking about how quickly I am going to be done with school and stressed about what I’m gonna do.”
“Hmm I can see why you would be stressed out. You know I am going to support you no matter what you do. I just want you doing whatever makes you happy. It’s a feeling everyone in school experiences but you’ll figure it out and if you need it I will help you find something. You don’t have to stress you have a great support system here and from everyone who loves you.”
After hearing that from Nat you felt better. She was right you did have a good support system and she would always be there to help you. God you loved this woman. By now both of your hands were tiring into raisins so you both rinsed off and got wrapped in fluffy towels. Your favorite part of living with Natasha was doing your night time routines. Making silly faces in the mirror at each other would never get old. Snuggled up in bed together, you lay your ear over her heart and fall into a restful slumber.