"Yes." If you couldn't we'd already have a problem, he doesn't say, because he isn't stupid. 

"Rebecca can safely do abortions."

"— oh." 

He considers that. "Then — I don't think yet — but I trust you enough." 

"Okay." Kiss. "I just want to make you feel good."

Mmm. Kissing Lev is good. "That won't be hard. — I think tonight I should try to sleep, though, it's been. A day." 

"That's a good idea."

He really, really wants to tuck Sasha in and kiss his forehead.

"Mm," he says, and starts to get into bed properly. 

Well, Sasha hadn't seemed to mind when he talked about it earlier--

He does it.

That's adorable. Lev is adorable. Sasha makes a soft happy noise and settles into bed and closes his eyes. 

Lev doesn't have any nightmares that night.

Good. 

If Sasha has any, he doesn't remember them. 

Lev kisses Sasha awake and says, "I'm going to go do work. I'll be in my office until dinner and after dinner I'll be here. You can interrupt me. Or not if you'd rather not."

"I will interrupt you after dinner." 

He works a shift in the kitchen and then heads to the library and reads and then talks to Marlo about sci fi and then, after dinner, goes and finds Lev. 

Lev's closet is emptier and there isn't a shotgun on the wall.

"You came!"

"I said I was going to!" 

"Still! I'm not really used to people wanting to spend time with me."

"That's a tragedy." He flops down on the bed and hugs Lev. 

Hugs! 

"I tried to clear out some space for you. Even if you don't want to move in you can keep some clothes here maybe."

"'S a good idea. — I should bring more than one change of clothes tomorrow, remind me to do that. I have already checked the window all nine times and won't need to leave to do that this time." 

"--You should totally check the window if you need to to feel safe but this is a prison. The windows don't actually open."

"I'd noticed, but I feel better if I check it and threes are lucky. It might not open but sometimes things break. — I am aware that this is a prison and it is really hard to break the windows but I've been more paranoid about it than usual since Nova." 

"It's pretty harmless to check, anyway. You can check in here too if it would help."

Sasha kisses him on the cheek and then gets up and checks the window once, twice, three times, and then comes back. 

Lev takes off the opportunity to strip off his shirt.

He fairly obviously has not missed a meal in years.

"Oh, you're soft," he says, wondering.