[For Shadow & Karen]

[theirlawyer]

Most mornings, if Ainsley had stayed over the night before, she had made sure to be up and back to the Compound at a relatively early hour of the morning; one she had grown accustomed to getting up at in her jobs in Washington. This was done mostly so no little girls stumbled their way into a precarious situation.

But this morning? Well, Ainsley had had a couple of glasses of wine the night before and had even brought sleeping garments in the form of a pink negligee and so, when the sun rose in the sky, rather than spill out of bed and change, she just burrowed deeper into the warmth of the covers and Shadow and ignored any potentialities the morning might bring.

She couldn't be blamed for one morning like this, could she?

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[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

"He does yes!" Ainsley agreed, her voice a little panicked and sounding hysteric with laughter at the information. And really, thank God he did have his trousers on. Though, she refused to explain that one. She was not a mother at this point in her life.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

Shadow put a hand over his mouth in an attempt to stifle the laughter spilling out of him. Because this was- wow. Poor AInsley.

After a few seconds he managed to compose himself to nod. "I do indeed," he agreed. "We've all got pajamas on, so let's go back to sleep for a few more hours."

[goingtodorking.livejournal.com]

Karen makes a soft, grumbling sound and drops her head to the pillow. There were other things that she wanted to say, but it's really, really, really, so early and maybe they can wait until later.

It isn't more than a few moments before she's snoring softly.

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley shifted, a bit uncomfortable as she stared at Shadow over Karen's head and mouthed, 'do you want me to stay?' because she was already going through about four scenarios of what to do now.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

Shadow kept quiet and still as Karen dropped off to sleep again in the deep, overwhelming way that only children can. Then he reached over and touched Ainsley's arm gently and nodded. "If you want to," he said in a low whisper.

[playingtheenemy.livejournal.com]

Ainsley just nodded and with every ounce of resolve, she kept herself from running away too quickly and just stayed put.

[palmthemoon.livejournal.com]

He had been half-expecting her to get up and be on her way, so when she stayed right there, he smiled slightly, gray eyes watching her warmly in the near-dark of early morning.