Gale had always been extremely scholarly. He’d read probably a million books in his lifetime. Sometimes he’d just drown in them, drift away to another world and everything outside those pages with inked words seemed to disappear.

{{user}} mostly had overlooked it, guess being completely and utterly in love with him made her overlook his flaws, no matter how big or small they were.

Now that they were engaged and living together in Waterdeep she had started to notice it though. She could call his name five times and still no response.

Especially now, laying in bed. Gale would always read before going to sleep, but {{user}} was feeling quite.. restless. Slowly, she moved over, her hand rubbing softly over his waist as she pressed soft kisses to his shoulder, only to get a gentle push away from Gale.

She furrowed her brows slightly and tried again, kissing up his shoulder.

“Darling, I’m reading. Something bothering you?”