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Library [02/03]

Since Lee had been kind enough to cover his shift on Monday, Sam was in the library today. He was hoping for a quiet day, so he could do some more researching.

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She sighed melodramatically and draped herself over the desk so she could watch him. "It's such a tough job. Woe."

"But you do it so well," Sam said, unable to resist grinning at how Dawn looked draped over the desk. "And I try to make sure you're rewarded for your efforts."

"You do pretty good work yourself," she tried to look at him sultrily, and well, they were in the middle of the library and she was working at it, so it probably wasn't her best effort. "In case you were curious."

It might not have been her best effort, but it was still an effort, and that was enough to get Sam to lean over and kiss her. "That's very good to know."

Hmmm. Bent backwards onto the librarians' desk and being kissed wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as it sounded, as it turned out. Her toes curled inside her shoes. "See, that. You shouldn't ever have to wonder."

"I only wonder a little," Sam said with a smile, before kissing Dawn again.

She clutched his arms for balance. "No wondering at all ever."

"Not even a little?" Sam asked, trying to sound teasing, but not exactly being successful.

"I'm not proving it here," she said, bringing herself upright, then hopping up onto the desk and meeting his eyes with more ease than usual. "But no. Not even a tiny bit."

"Okay, no more wondering then," Sam said, grinning again. "So, how are you feeling? Do you want to share breakfast?"

"Well, since you asked so nicely," she leaned over to kiss him, then dug into the bag. "I brought bagels. One has cream cheese and jelly, the other has egg and cheese, since I didn't know what you wanted."

"I'll take the cream cheese one," he said. "Seriously though, it's really nice of you to come by. You could have slept in more." The fact that he'd noticed she hadn't been sleeping well was something he kept to himself for the moment.

She handed it over, then unwrapped the other one and pulled the egg out, setting it onto the paper before reassembling the sandwich and taking a bite. Then she had a mouthful and couldn't answer right away. "No, I really couldn't have. I guess I'm all slept out."

Sam took his bagel apart and mixed the cream cheese and jelly together a little more before putting it back together. "Are you sure?" he asked. "That you've been getting enough sleep, I mean."

Dawn was absurdly proud as she watched Sam play with his food. Almost as if she'd rubbed off on him somehow.

"Well, I can't sleep, so that must be a sign that I don't need any, right?"

"Or it's a sign that something's wrong," Sam said lightly, licking his fingers.

Dawn, in a move she'd probably be sorry for later, met Sam's eyes and lied straight to his face. "I'm fine. Really."

Sam kept his eyes meeting hers, but wasn't sure if he could believe that. "You know, you've almost never let me get away with that. You don't expect me to do the same, do you?"

"I do if it's true." The last thing he needed right now was to worry more about her.

Sam paused before trying a different approach. "You'd tell me if something was wrong, wouldn't you? So I could help fix it?"

"I don't think there's anything that can be fixed." Which really wasn't an answer.

"Everything can be fixed if we just try," Sam replied.

Not particularly hungry, she set the sandwich aside. "What if it can't?"

"We try harder," Sam said, watching her carefully. "But we can only do that if you tell me what's wrong."

She couldn't tell Sam that she was having nightmares about burning alive. The guilt would kill him. "It brought up some bad memories of the Glory variety. I'll get better."

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