She'd hoped that he'd go right back to sleep.
Boudica was not so lucky.
It was possible to follow his steps through the path of creaking floorboards, out of his room and down the stairs. She slipped into the dining room, then to the kitchen as she heard him walking to the sitting room. A window, however brief, and she used it, darting up the stairs. Back to the attic, and something like safety.
Except it was too early. She wouldn't be tired until sunrise, not the kind of tired that would let her sleep. The house was still a mess, and getting messier, and she hadn't eaten anything to make her feel better about it. Hadn't eaten at all, because even if she'd finished what she was doing he hadn't left her anything.
She hadn't even had time to shower.
She felt disgusting.
She could not possibly sleep like this.
The plan had been to allow for a week. A week, and if he still hadn't left her anything she'd leave. She wasn't sure she could take a week. Three days. That would be more manageable, wouldn't it? If he was still an ungrateful slob in three days -- Boudica was not feeling particularly charitable in her assessment -- she'd pack up and find a new house. One where people slept when they were supposed to, and kept candles in jars.
Candles. Honestly. It had been centuries since she'd had to scrape candle wax, hadn't it?
She let her hair down and tied it loose at the back of her neck, peeled off her clothes in the hope that they'd take some of the sweat with them. Sleep. She had to try and sleep. She had to be ready when he slept again, if she wanted to get anything done. Like bathing. Or whatever it was he'd just done to make her molars itch. She curled up on the pile of pillows and comforters she kept hidden behind boxes in the corner, trying to be optimistic.
The worst of it had to be over. It would get easier after this. There were limits to how much of a mess a single man could make.
Right?
Boudica was not so lucky.
It was possible to follow his steps through the path of creaking floorboards, out of his room and down the stairs. She slipped into the dining room, then to the kitchen as she heard him walking to the sitting room. A window, however brief, and she used it, darting up the stairs. Back to the attic, and something like safety.
Except it was too early. She wouldn't be tired until sunrise, not the kind of tired that would let her sleep. The house was still a mess, and getting messier, and she hadn't eaten anything to make her feel better about it. Hadn't eaten at all, because even if she'd finished what she was doing he hadn't left her anything.
She hadn't even had time to shower.
She felt disgusting.
She could not possibly sleep like this.
The plan had been to allow for a week. A week, and if he still hadn't left her anything she'd leave. She wasn't sure she could take a week. Three days. That would be more manageable, wouldn't it? If he was still an ungrateful slob in three days -- Boudica was not feeling particularly charitable in her assessment -- she'd pack up and find a new house. One where people slept when they were supposed to, and kept candles in jars.
Candles. Honestly. It had been centuries since she'd had to scrape candle wax, hadn't it?
She let her hair down and tied it loose at the back of her neck, peeled off her clothes in the hope that they'd take some of the sweat with them. Sleep. She had to try and sleep. She had to be ready when he slept again, if she wanted to get anything done. Like bathing. Or whatever it was he'd just done to make her molars itch. She curled up on the pile of pillows and comforters she kept hidden behind boxes in the corner, trying to be optimistic.
The worst of it had to be over. It would get easier after this. There were limits to how much of a mess a single man could make.
Right?
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