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You roll over, expecting to curl against a nice, warm body. Instead you get a cold, empty bed. Startled, you open your eyes. Oliver isn't there. You sigh. Then you hear the sound of pounding and you know immediately what it is. Oliver working out again.
You think about turning back around and falling asleep again, but you never liked sleeping without Oliver right next to you. Especially since it happened so rarely. You slip out from the sheets and reach for a warm hoodie to pull over your PJs. It's December, and the basement of the Club isn't well insulated. You pad out of the back room, entering the main work area, where the computers and gym equipment are set up. You see Oliver in the dim light, his back to you. Sweat gleams down his bare, muscled back as he pounds a bag with sticks over and over again. You watch him for a few moments. You are surprised he hasn't seen you yet, unless he is ignoring you. The thought irritates you, so as soon as Oliver stops to take a small rest, you walk up to him and slip your arms around his waist, pressing yourself to him. The heat from his skin warms you from the cold basement. You feel him tense for just a moment, then he relaxes.
Oliver pauses, taking a deep breath. "Sweetie, you shouldn't have snuck up on me. I could have hurt you."
You furrow your brow. "Since when have I ever been able to sneak up on you?"
Oliver doesn't answer, just leans his sticks against the bag and covers your hands with his own. You nuzzle your face against his back.
"I'm all sweaty, you know," he chuckles. "I don't care," you mumble. Oliver turns around in your arms, so he can face you. He draws you close and wraps his arms around you, laying his head on top of yours.
"I love you," he whispers.
"I love you, too," you reply. You wait a few moments before voicing your next thought. "Is something wrong, Oliver?"
He leans back, so he can see your face. He looks at you fondly, the type of look he gives you sometimes that makes you melt inside. It's the look that says he would go to the end of the earth and back for you. That he wouldn't give anything to be anywhere else in the world except by your side.
His thumb caresses the small of your back. "Can we just...not worry about anything tonight? I just want to have this moment with you."
"Okay, Oliver," You smile. He smiles back, giving you a sweet kiss on your forehead, before pulling you close once more.