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[everymonstrousthing]

Kaz lets Jesper lead the way. It isn't the first time that he's been in Jesper's apartment but it's the first time without Inej, and that makes everything different. Once he's inside, he shrugs out of his jacket, leaves himself in his shirtsleeves, looks down at his gloves for a long, long time. Irritated, he passes one hand back through his hair and lowers himself down onto the couch.

"Not too late to turn me out onto the street, Jesper."

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[materialnik]

"Yeah, look there." Jesper points to a bureau and its top drawer. Most of his clothes are scattered in distinct piles (clean, worn, and dirty) but he'd had a fit of tidiness and folded some things last week.

Jesper stretches out on the bed, content to sleep in the altogether.

[everymonstrousthing]

Kaz borrows a pair of soft cotton pajama trousers, a t-shirt with sleeves. He lies down on the bed next to Jesper, one arm draped over his head.

[materialnik]

Jesper looks at Kaz once more and smiles, enjoying the sight of it. He closes his eyes and sleeps better than he thinks he has since he got here.

When he wakes up and Kaz is gone, Jesper tells himself he should have seen it coming.