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Bella hesitates, but only momentarily, and then she nods rather more than would be necessary for mere communicative purposes.

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"Dear, dear Juliet," he murmurs, and kisses her.

Alternate solutions ensue.
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Dear, dear Juliet is restored to her happy place. Happily.

"Mmmmm," she sighs, snuggling up.
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"I concur," says Sherlock, cuddling her.

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"Thank you for stopping." Pause. "Even though I objected at the time, thanks."

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"I believe preserving your health at the expense of your immediate satisfaction favours both your priorities and mine."

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"Yes. And slightly-less-immediate satisfaction was haaaad," she sighs. (Snuggle snuggle snuggle.)

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Grinning, he hugs her some more.

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Some combination of blood loss, afterglow, and snuggly comfort induces Bella to fall into a doze after a few minutes.

And begin speaking nonsense.

"White moon fuzz swim."
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...That is adorable.

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It will go on being just that adorable for as long as he doesn't wake her up.

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Well, he is not going to wake her up on purpose.

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Bella sleeps straight through the night and wakes up at six-thirty, puzzled. "...Did I fall asleep?"

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"Yes you did," laughs Sherlock.

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"How long?" she yawns. "Feels all - morning-y." (Snuggle snuggle.)

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"How astute of you. It's half six."

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"Does that mean half past or half an hour in advance of?"

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"Half past."

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"Did you just lie there holding me all night long?" she marvels. "That's sweet - aaaaand Charlie is going to be frantic if he wasn't out working all night." She disentangles herself and reaches for her phone. It is dead; it has been for hours. "Fuck."

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"Sorry," says Sherlock. "I suppose I should've thought of that."

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"It's okay, I'll tell him I'm fine, it'll blow over. Jarvis, are you by any chance hooked up to a phone line...?"

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"Yes I am."

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She rattles off her dad's cell and his landline. "Can you call the landline first, and if he doesn't pick up, the cell?"

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"Certainly," he says, and tries the landline.

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Charlie answers after the first ring. "Hello?"

"Dad! You're home, good. It's me. I wound up crashing at Sherlock's and my phone was dead, I'm so sorry. I'm fine, everything is fine, please tell me Sunnydale isn't crawling with cops looking for a missing person?"

Charlie's response is a sigh of utmost relief. "Bells. Oh lord, Bells, you scared me. No. No cops looking for a missing person. I know there's - things, going on, cops might make it worse even if you had it under control to start, I was going to call the school and see if you showed up before jumping to assuming you were in something bad."

"I will be showing up to school, at the usual time," Bella promises.

"There will be no more crashing at Sherlock's," Charlie says.

"I'll see you this evening," Bella says instead of agreeing. "Or right around sunset when I stop at the house if you're there then. Bye, Dad!"

"Bells -"

Bella makes a cut it gesture at the nearest camera.
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