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I quietly snuck back into the room after grabbing a bottle of water from the kitchen. Miles was still fast asleep and the clock still glared at me with its angry red numbers that read: 1:15 am.
I woke up too early again and couldn’t get back to sleep. I knew I would the moment Miles and I crawled into bed at 8:48 pm. I never slept long when we went to sleep on time and I never slept at all when I tried to wait longer to fall asleep.
Miles was ignorant of my movements as I headed over to my backpack with my water bottle and took out my Lego flower set. He was a heavy enough sleeper that I could be a little noisy and he wouldn’t wake up.
I put my headphones on and got to work.
By the time I was halfway through, the light turned on.
I turned around and saw Miles standing by the light switch, half-asleep, and barely even standing.
“What’re you doing?” He asked as he languidly made his way over.
“Go back to sleep.”
He laid down next to me. “I will.”
“In bed, Morales. You don’t like floor naps.”
He mumbled something as his eyes fluttered shut.
“Miles, get up.”
“But you’re down here,” he muttered.
“You’re so stubborn, goodness gracious.”
I put my things down and got up. Miles was still too tired to realize that I had gotten up. I picked up his arms and pulled him off the ground and onto my back.
“‘Re you going to bed?” He asked, face smushed against my shoulder.
“Babe, you are going to bed.”
“Not without you.”
When I put him down he sat up and got out of bed again.
“Why won’t you come to bed?”
“Because I can’t sleep.”
“Then let me stay up with you.”
“But you can sleep.”
“No I can’t. I’m serious when I say I can’t sleep without you.” He pulled me toward himself. “I save the city every day and it’s hard to just relax. Unless I’m with you. You calm me down so easily.”
I looked at my Lego set, then at him. “Let me clean up and we’ll cuddle.”
“You can finish building and I’ll lay next to you. That way we both get what we want.”
“Are you sure? You don’t like the floor.”
“I don’t mind anything with you. Plus, I’ll be asleep.”