[By the time she was done in the shower, it had become apparent that she hadn't had enough sleep and her options were either to crawl back into bed for a couple hours or hit the gym and work up a bit of adrenaline to offset her exhaustion. The latter option had the more immediate appeal of not risking any serious conversation with Kirk, but on the other hand, it felt too much like work and it was Christmas.

She got back into bed as unobtrusively as possible, but he'd moved and she knew he was awake.]

Hey.

[Sorry if I bruised you at all last night? Maybe just let that go unsaid.]