"SOPHIE?"

The girl's eyes fluttered open drowsily, and the light that filtered into her room added to an already-blaring headache. Her head throbbed and nose throbbed, her sinuses completely stuffed.

"Hi," she croaked, sweetly and weakly smiling up as her girlfriend strode through her bedroom door, up to her canopied bed.

Her voice was raspy and her throat was dry and stung.

Linh sat on the edge of the bed, watching her sick girlfriend lie in bed sadly, yet Sophie stared up at her angel in wonder. She looked utterly adorable, her waist-length hair done up in space buns on top of her head.

"Hey, babe," Linh greeted, reaching up and brushing some sweaty, blonde strands of hair off of Sophie's face. "I heard you caught a cold."

Sophie's eyes fluttered closed at the tingly sensation Linh's fingertips left behind everywhere they touched. It actually was helping soothe her pulsing headache. "Mm," she mumbled, voice crackly.

Linh smiled sweetly. "My poor girl," she cooed, practically melting when she trailed her fingers down Sophie's cheek and the blonde elf leaned into her hand.

"Why did Mom and Dad let you up?" Sophie asked, her voice gravelly.

Linh continued running her hands through Sophie's hair, hoping it would bring some comfort to her sickly girlfriend.

Her lips flickered with a smile at the question as she remembered all the times that Grady (and occasionally Edaline) had banned the girls from going off into some semi-private place. They never wanted the two to be alone and it wasn't exactly unclear as to why.

When Sophie had come out to her parents and explained that she was dating Linh, Grady's initial reaction had basically been, "Well, at least you won't get pregnant."

But they must have known that Sophie was much too sick for even thinking about sleeping with her girlfriend. In that way, at least.

But sleeping side-by-side?

Now that was definitely happening.

Sophie opened her arms enthusiastically, grinning up at the beautiful girl she got to (proudly) call hers. Linh giggled her light, chiming laugh s Sophie scooted over to make room. Linh hopped into the bed, curled under the covers, and wrapped an arm around her girlfriend's waist. She tugged her flush against her body, and both could say that they didn't at all mind the extra heat. Even Sophie, who was very much sick and over-heated.

It felt weird to Sophie, though, because she was most often the big spoon on the outside. It was a bit of an odd sensation, being held and coddled and cooed over, but. . .

She liked it.

A lot.

Sophie craned her neck upwards, burying her face in the crook of Linh's neck. "Thanks for coming over," she mumbled. "Sorry if I get you infected."

Linh laughed and it reminded Sophie of chiming bells. "Oh, I'll probably get sick. But I don't mind. You'll be there to cuddle with me, won't you?"

"Yes," Sophie promised immediately. "Always."

a/n: these are going to be short lil scenes just to clear writer's block.

hope you like.

request one-shot ideas and i'll see you next time!