"I'm supposed to keep warm and drink water and sleep when I'm tired. If I try to take the blankets off don't let me." 

"Okay." He kisses Sasha's forehead. "I love you."

"I love you." Leo is very warm and Sasha is very snuggly and loves him very much. 

There's a knock on the door.

"You can let whoever it is in," he tells Leo. 

"I brought orange juice and cough medicine," Asher says. "Which I paid for, instead of stealing."

"You're a sweetheart," Sasha says from Leo's shoulder. 

"Are you doing okay?"

"I'm tired even though I've literally only gotten out of bed to use the bathroom, and I know I should eat but I can't make myself do it, and I'm cold even though I have a blanket and a Leo, but I have a Leo so it's okay." 

"I could try to get you to eat but probably I should hypnotize you less so that you don't start eating bugs."

"That's probably a good idea. I'd invite you to join the cuddlepile but unfortunately I'm supposed to be keeping warm." 

"It's all right, I like getting to see you." 

Sasha smiles up at him and cuddles Leo and doesn't have nearly enough energy to think about the implications of that statement but files it away to do so later if he remembers which he probably won't. 

"I don't think I've met Leo. Hi, Leo! I'm affably evil!"

"Hi," Leo says, choosing not to reveal any facts about himself.

"Leo is extremely soft and good and snuggleable," Sasha announces to nobody in particular. 

"Seems that way," Asher says cheerfully.

Leo closes his eyes.

Rude.

Sasha's eyes were already closed, so he has no idea this is happening. 

He does feel how Leo's body language changes, and responds to this by being even snugglier. 

Asher bends over and kisses his forehead. "I wanted to see that you were okay."

"I'm okay," he says, and then he starts coughing again. 

Asher gives him some cough syrup. 

"I've also been feeling weird since I ate Lilith."

He sits up long enough to swallow the cough syrup and then collapses. "How so?" 

"Like. I've been following laws even when it is mildly inconvenient. I didn't steal the cough syrup! I crossed the street at the crosswalk instead of jaywalking! I felt this urge to pay my rent instead of mind-controlling my landlord!"