Nate was asleep next to you; light snoring that sounded like little purs escaped him as he breathed. He usually slept shirtless, with one arm wrapped around you; his warm bare torso pressed against your body with a comforting heat.
Nate had been asleep for a while; long flights usually did that to him. The room was dark aside from a few slivers of moonlight pushing into the bedroom through the dark curtains over the window. It was enough to see Nate's features, enough to appreciate them.
You moved just a little, propping yourself up on a bent arm, looking over your sleeping partner. He was truly handsome, it had taken a few years for him to grow into his features, and after he got his teeth fixed (something he was insecure about), it started to show.
You kept looking over his sleepy features; picking up your hand, you traced down his nose, barely touching his skin. His nose twitched under the brush of your finger, and you paused, not wanting to wake him.
Nate purred again, moving a little closer. You couldn't help but smile. Nate’s lips parted slightly as he breathed, and you moved your thumb over his almost flat cupid's bow. Pressing down on his soft bottom lip with your thumb feeling his deep breath brushing over your thumb.
Moving your hand again, cupping his cheek and brushing your thumb over his soft cheek, your thumb catching a faded scar there.
“I love you so much,” you whispered, moving your hand to brush through the soft short hairs just above his ear. “You have no idea, you are my everything, and I have no idea what I would do without you.”
Nate hummed, most likely something in his dream, his head rolling, his face pushing into your neck. Your hand fell to the back of his head, scratching over his pillow-warm scalp.
Pressing your lips down on the top of his cheek, Nate moved, wrapping both arms around me, pressing his face deeper into the junction on my neck and shoulder; his mouth parted, and he sucked at my skin in his sleep.
“Must be having a good dream,” you had to chuckle, tracing over the shell of his ear.
It wasn't long after you fell asleep with Nate fully wrapped around you, his lips pressed against your neck.
Grateful and exhausted, happy with Nate next to you.