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Mars House Fanweek - August 2025
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2025-08-22
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Early Morning

Summary:

Though the January of two years ago never would have believed it, his favourite time of day was early in the morning.

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

Work Text:

Though the January of two years ago never would have believed it, his favourite time of day was early in the morning; that odd liminal space between waking and dreams, no responsibilities and no masks. Just River and January, and the warmth of their bodies. He could stay here forever, pretend that they were the only two on Mars—

 

“Christ’s actual sake,” January grumbled, rolling over to silence the alarm emanating from his smartphone. 

 

“Five more minutes can’t hurt,” River decided under their breath, pulling January tighter against their chest. January hummed contentedly, letting himself drift gently back to sleep.

Notes:

Desperately wanted to write something for today despite being swamped (thesis :/). Also, I'm posting something for day 5, I promise! It just got rather out of hand. (This is what I get for setting something in the industry I work in, which means all the details have to be correct or else I'll be mad at myself forever.)