the gentle remnants of the pinkish sunrise blended through the gold as they harmoniously shone through the large stadium windows, shining rays of hazy golden light onto your ever-beautiful girlfriend. only now, in sleep — and next to you — was she calm, spare for a slight twitch in her expression.

a sleepy hum escaped her parted lips, brows twitching from the sudden influx of light as she shifted, the gold shimmering over her face. as soon as her eyes drifted open, landing on you, she simply sighed contentedly, pulling you in for a hug.

“hey,” she whispered, voice low from sleep, a hint of a smile forming on her lips. “you’re so special to me, you know that?”