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"Its just the rain."

She smiled and leaned deeper into my embrace where we sat on the couch, me slumped half-upright and her sprawled across the cushions with her head pillowed on my chest. I wrapped my arms around her tighter as she mumbled, "Its calming, don't you think?"

"Nah, that's you," I quipped warmly. Then I pressed a gentle kiss into her blond hair and seriously intoned, "It is calming though."

She nodded then yawned, smiling sheepishly after.

"Mmm, I get sleep when I actually have the time to listen."

"Sleep then," I breathed. "I'll watch over you."

"You sleep too, Harry," she mumbled even as she started to drift away.

I just nodded and watched her sleep, etching her relaxed face and gently rising and falling chest into my memory. And as I watched her, I listened to the rain and it slowly lulled me to sleep too.