He was too tired to take off his clothes, so he crawled into bed with his jeans on.
She was wearing the lingerie he’d bought her for Christmas. That morning, before the sunrise, they’d kissed and made plans to make love after dark.
She felt rejected. She’d been thinking about it all day, already turned on, anticipating his return. But her desire was no match for his exhaustion.
“It’s been a long day,” he yawned. “I’m so happy to be home with—” He fell fast asleep before he could finish his sentence.
She turned onto her back, pressing her hands into the softness of her belly. Feeling the lace beneath her fingertips flushed her cheeks.
Had she been a fool to hope?
What comes next is crucial. She can make his exhaustion about her. Or hold space for his humanity.
She could feel the story brewing. The one about him not wanting her and this being the beginning of their end. But she stopped herself.
He wasn’t rejecting her. He was just out of gas. So she took off her lingerie, slipped into his favorite t-shirt, and curled up next to him.
The next morning, they finished what they hadn’t had a chance to start the night before.
That’s what this episode is about.
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