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Sherlock's going to have to let them into the room, as Bell doesn't have a key. She shuffles her feet.

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Sherlock opens the door and lets her in.

It's a small room, but the amount of bed is more than sufficient.
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Bell sits on the edge of it, and then toes off her shoes, and then sighs and lies down, facing the wall and scrunched in towards herself.

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After a moment, Sherlock curls up next to her, not quite touching.

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Bell squirms backwards to fix that. She wants cuddles, even if she's not comfortable with wanting them.

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In that case, she can have cuddles.

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A reserved and narrated-only yay for cuddles!

Bell closes her eyes and attempts sleep.
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So does Sherlock.

Sherlock succeeds.

There is not much difference, except a slight increase in snuggling.
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Bell succeeds too, after a little longer - she's probably not as tired as Sherlock, who did after all recently go days without sleeping.

She hugs Sherlock's arm.
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It is quite likely that Bell will be the one to wake up first.
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Bell does wake up first.

She's still infatuated. She's still hugging Sherlock's arm like it's her very favorite stuffed animal.

Is there a clock in the room, she wonders.
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There is not a clock in the room.

Sherlock is snuggling her right back.
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Bell has no idea how long she napped. She has no idea whether to start being worried about duration, worried that she still loves Sherlock and really wants to plant a kiss on the hand she's holding.

She settles back down, all asnuggle, and looks at the wall, and thinks about her thoughts. It'd be better with her recorder, but she can do some without.
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Sherlock, eventually, stirs.



"I see sleeping it off did not work," she observes.
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"Nope," says Bell.

Snuggle, snuggle.
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Snuggle.



Silence.
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"I wonder if anyone downstairs knows how long it lasts. Or Bar, she might know."

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"Do you want to go and check?"

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"No. I wanna lie here forever. But I wish I wanted to."

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"...I feel similarly," says Sherlock.

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"I guess we could just lie here until we get bored, and then if it's not worn off we can go ask. It's not like Tony will be getting antsy waiting for us when we're on Milliways time."

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"Hm."

She thinks about it.

"I support this plan," she concludes eventually.
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Bell nods and snuggles up closer.

"I love you," she says. "I know that you already know that and I know you know why and I still wanted to say it. I guess if you didn't already know it it would have been strange to say it for a different reason."
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"Yes," she says, and is quiet for another moment.



"I love you too."
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Bell gives an involuntary happy sigh and falls silent.

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