Page 77 of Zoinks! Nice Pack, Bro

Cameron

Sadie shifts during the movie.

Her head is on Paxton’s lap. Her eyes closed as he runs his fingers through her hair. She was asleep about twenty minutes ago and he still hasn’t stopped looking down at her, running his fingers through her hair with gentle caresses.

Jace has her feet in his lap, texting over them instead of watching the Rom-Com she had asked to watch. Sadie’s body is more against me with Anthony’s head over her stomach. Her hand still locked around his neck from where she had slung it when she laid down. He had slipped to the floor before the movie to make room for Jace.

It feels good to be all together like this.It feels right to be centered around our omega.

But there is that feeling hanging over us, knowing that tomorrow we’re going to have to have some difficult conversations. One being about what we saw happen tonight with her anxiety attack.

“We should get her to bed,” Jace comments.

We all have been just wanting to touch her, keep her close and safe after the anxiety attack she had earlier.

“Why don’t you take her to her room?” Paxton looks at me,nodding his head in agreement as I shift Sadie carefully so she is fully on my lap now.

Her sleepy eyes flicker open, a soft smile on her lips as she tries to curl up and fall back asleep on me. The soft puffs of her breath against my throat as she makes a content sound

It’s so trusting, so sure that I will keep her safe. Which I will, but seeing the way she just gives herself to me makes me feel so good.

The guys watch as I lift her, heading up the stairs and turning towards her room. But Sadie touches my face, stopping me as I watch her blue eyes looking at me, a question lingering there.

“Can I sleep in your room?” Her question is innocent, she just doesn’t want to be alone and I can understand that. But my room is my sanctuary. A place that I can just unmask and be myself.

Turning, I head there without overthinking it. She is my omega. She matters more than my space.

Sadie asleep in my bed is something that I want to see. I want to curl up beside her and breathe her in, just hold her and wake up to her lips against mine. The way her peach scent is already drawing me in as I lay her down on my bed, her arms coming down to pull up the comforter, wrapping it around herself as she breathes out, so content.

“Love being wrapped up in the way you smell, Cam. Feels like I’m home every single time.” Her sleepy voiced confession makes my stomach tighten as I drop down beside her, for once I’m not overwhelmed having someone in my space.

Her nose rubs against mine, a delicate kiss on my lips before she curls up on my pillow breathing it in.

Sadie’s in my hoodie.

In my bed.

On my side.

“I know you have to go back downstairs. I’ll be here when you get back. Just you tonight, okay? I just want to be in bed with you.” Her fingers reach out squeezing my hands as I lay beside her, thinking about how I’m going to fall in love with her.

It could destroy me.

Or it could fix me.

I stay too long, watching her fall back asleep. Her lips parting asshe nuzzles into my pillow, curling up in my bed. I want to fall asleep with her every single night for the rest of my life. And even then, it wouldn’t be enough.

Something about her, since she tripped and said something so unhinged we joked about it for hurts after, made me consumed with her.

In a world where people care so much about how people perceive them, here was Sadie with her Scooby Doo catch phrase, no manners, and no coordination.

Stealing all our hearts.

Smoothing back her hair, fingers lingering over her ears, I lay a kiss on her forehead before slipping out of bed and heading back downstairs to where the guys have changed the channel from her movie to whatever fight is on.

“Is she okay?” Jace checks in as he sips his water.

I nod, fingers running over my face.

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