Your alarm blares, and you startle awake. You groan, and your hand reaches out from your blanket to pat around the nightstand before it lands on your buzzing phone. You hold the device up, the light from it illuminating your face as you read the text on the screen.

There’s a grumble from behind you, and you feel your boyfriend’s strong arm snake around your waist.

“Do you really have to go to work…?” Leon mumbles in his gravley morning voice. “I just got back…”