snooze | pablo gavi

sixteen

it had been one month since azaria moved in. she awoke one morning on the couch, could feel the rise and fall of a chest beneath her head. the warmth of another person presses against her back, an arm snaked around her middle. then it hits her.

she had fallen asleep on gavi.

her body heats up at this realisation, the aftermath of a late movie night. gavi's couch was only small, so he had to hold her if they both wanted to lie down while watching.

gavi's back leaned against the armrest as she curled into him, head resting on her chest. azaria made the mistake of closing her eyes, and the rest was history.

she stirs a little in gavi's hold, waking him. he rubs his eyes sleepily, realising one of his arms is around her and withdraws it quickly. she sits up, perched on the edge of the couch awkwardly to put some space in between them.

"morning," gavi says, a little abashed. his chest seizes from how close they were just moments before, but he tries to ignore it.

"morning," azaria echoes, clearing her throat. she felt cold without gavi to warm her. his hair was flat on one side and gavi rakes a hand through it, ears pink.

friends platonically hug each other while watching movies all time time, right? and surely some of them fell asleep on each other accidentally. it was no biggie.

"sleep well?" gavi teases, fighting to keep his tone light.

"you're not bad for a pillow." azaria matches his tone, doing her best to keep calm when her heart was doing flips. "i could use some breakfast, though."

gavi's mouth quirks up into a smile, letting the tension dissapate between them. "wanna get pancakes?"

azaria hops off the couch excitedly, grabbing both of gavi's wrists to pull him up, too. the casual touching had become second nature for the both of them.

"okay, but you're paying." she grins cheekily.

on the drive to a cafe, gavi looks over at azaria in the passenger seat. he couldn't push the image of her, sleeping peacefully on his chest, out of his mind.

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