[For Dyson] darkness is your candle

[st_oriedqueen]

Every muscle in Regina's body ached, but somehow she felt more at peace than she had since she arrived. Maybe there was something to this "working out" business. If nothing else, it was something to do with her early mornings when sleep fled and the prospect of paperwork made her want to weep. It was something to do with her late nights, when her bed was empty and her dreams would turn unkind.

If nothing else, it was something to do that hurt no one and required her to interact with no one. The only person she could hurt on an "elliptical" was herself.

And afterward, the hot tub and the sauna offered comfort, solace, a little of the warmth of the embrace she'd lost. This, she genuinely looked forward to, and she felt strangely serene as she entered the shadowy sauna (she preferred the darkness to the harsh, unnatural light; it was kinder to her tired eyes). Once the door closed, she untucked the towel around her breasts and spread it on the bench, and then went and lay facedown on it. As the tension in her back and hips eased, she sighed contentedly, and let her mind start to drift.

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[st_arknaked]

The sauna was a good end to a long night roaming, hunting, and generally trying to burn off the restless energy that came with being captive. Not that he'd been in a prison with a sauna before.

He was sprawled, not ungracefully, in one corner having loosened his towel enough to get comfortable when he first heard movement outside, then the woman entered.

He recognized her right off, and started to speak but well... look, he was only human, okay he wasn't but that isn't the point. It would have taken a dead man self control not to watch her as she entered and stripped off the towel.

And he wasn't even close to being dead. A fact that his body swiftly reminded him of. Still chivalry wasn't dead either and he cleared his throat to alert her to his presence.

"I probably should have put up a sign that said occupied, but I wasn't expecting company this time of day."