"I can try to calm you down?"

"-oh I was thinking we might have to go slower but that sounds like it might work just as well."

"We can also go slow but you're getting so worked up just from snuggling." Caaaaaaalm.

Callllmmm....ish. Mostly calm.

"Well, it's snuggling you," she says with a rather dopey smile.

"And I love you very much and we can take as much time as you need."

"I love you too."

What if... she was holding Chelsea's hand.

That would be lovely. And she'd be so calm about it.

So calm! It's actually almost disconcerting, the sensation that her heart beat should be speeding up, but isn't. 

But why focus on that, when she can be focusing on moving her hand further up Chelsea's arm.

"Mmmm," sighs Chelsea, scootching forward to bonk her head onto Panacea's.

That makes it so very easy convenient to kiss Chelsea on the forehead. And on the nose. And even on the lips.

(Panacea's heartbeat stays steady as she progresses down Chelsea's face, the feeling of escalating tension resolving as soon as it surfaces.)

Mmmmm kisses are goooooood~

Kisses are good and Chelsea has perfect lips and a perfect mouth and kisses perfectly....

Bliss. She will lie here kissing her beloved for hours or until they fall asleep.

Panacea does eventually doze off along with her beloved, her lips pressed against Chelsea's when she does so.

zzzzz

In the morning they are joined at the breakfast by the two other guests, one of whom introduces himself as Evan and his brother as Andy, who is apparently not much of a morning person.

"It's nice to meet you! I'm Marissa and this is Wendy." Or so it says on their fake IDs.

"What brings you to Hawthorne?"

"We're passing through - probably, I suppose there'd be nothing stopping us from staying. You?"

"We grew up here, and our dad's place doesn't feel as big as it used to so when we're in town to visit we stay here instead."

"And the foods better here." interjects Andy.

"-that it is."

"It looks delicious!" she agrees when their plates arrive.

"Wonderful as always Norma." Andy comments to their host.

"You got the eggs exactly right," Chelsea pronounces.

Panacea smiles at Norma as well, which hopefully counts as a compliment without actually requiring her to figure out what to say.

"Thank you! Let me know if there's anything else I can get you from the kitchen, I'll be just around the corner."