vampiriic:

         ❝i’ve got to watch my figure, you know!❞

  a quick retort, having picked up the off-hand comment.
  now this was a nice change of scenery, waking up to an
  enjoyable environment. george was used to being alone,
  mornings spent brooding, slow and sluggish. cold fingers
  pluck at the duvet, eyes continuously flicking from side to
  before focusing on the bedroom doorway. dare he get up
  himself? naaaah          it’s a lot warmer where he is.

     Jeff scoffed. “Please,” he responded with a shake of
his head that went unseen. He carried his bowl of cereal
back to his room where he sat down at the foot of his bed.
“Coffee’ll be a couple of minutes,” he informed the other
through a mouthful, hunched over the bowl.