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"Mhmm, thank you for that- I hope you found it just as nice-" Calem couldn't figure out the words to respond. 'Nice' was an understatement. How exactly did you tell someone that they'd completely changed...everything? Somehow he felt Vanessa understood - maybe moreso than he himself did. There were so many thoughts rushing through his head, but he couldn't figure out where to start. But basking in the afterglow with Vanessa - right now it wasn't the time to think about such things.
"Y-yes. Maybe some rest would..." Calem's voice trailed off as he felt Vanessa cuddling up against her chest. Calem didn't dare make a sound as she laid down against him. He could feel her heartbeat against his body - and his own felt like it was hammering in her chest.
'She looks so peaceful.' Slowly and gently, Calem traced Vanessa's cheek with the tips of his fingers. Deep down he knew something like this couldn't last. Tomorrow, things would likely go back to how they had been - once again, she'd be a brilliant professor, and he'd just be a silly doctor, dreaming of adventure and romance and all the things he'd only read of in books.
'I just wish this didn't have to end.'
As she mentioned a bath, the thought made Calem blush slightly, as a momentary vision of the professor in nothing but a bubble bath flashed through his head. He took a deep breath, trying not to stir himself again - despite how enjoyable the experience had been, he wasn't quite sure he could perform again just yet. That, and he was trying to make sure Vanessa took him seriously.
"Y-yes! I'd like that. The--the adventures, I mean. I'll try not to make you miss your deadlines or be--" Calem stopped. After everything that had just happened, he was mostly hopeful that Vanessa wouldn't see him as a nuisance.
"I mean--just. Lying here. W-with you. It's nice." Calem lied back a little, head sinking a little into the pillow as he gently ran a finger through Vanessa's midnight hair.
"Yes. Bath. Would be nice--in a minute. Yes." Calem murmured as his own eyes closed. If he was to work with Vanessa, he imagined he'd be working quite hard - perhaps harder than he'd ever been. Hopefully she'd forgive him if he were to close his eyes for just a moment...