[Age Switch] For Ellen

[manwithoutfear]

Ever since learning Ellen was carrying our child, I've spent more nights at her place than my own, despite my admitted annoyance towards her dog. Some might call this hovering or being overtly concerned, but most don't live subject to the whims of a magical island. Sleeping by her side gives me a false peace of mind, and given that rest will be in short supply once the baby comes, getting as much of it as I can in the meantime strikes me only as forward thinking.

A light sleeper by nature, something as simple as a shift in her weight is enough to ease me awake. I noise a grunt in the back of my throat as my eyes flutter open, still close enough to dreaming that I don't notice anything's off.

"Ellen?"

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[shewaswarned]

It's not that she's been sleeping completely poorly, but now that they're at the halfway mark Ellen is starting to feel a little - well, bigger. It's easier to adjust her sleeping patterns now, to prop a pillow under her back to take some of the weight of - but every now and then, she wakes up when the baby moves, and once it had even been when the baby got a case of the hiccups inside her - which was an odd feeling to say the least.

Right now, she's sleeping with something the size of a football in her belly, one hand absently resting on the bump that rises and falls with her breathing.

She stirs, but doesn't open her eyes right away.

"Yeah?"