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people could jump from sleep to full consciousness in the time
it took for them to blink their eyes open, but Leo wasn't one of
them. He woke up vaguely aware that he was warm, upright, and
had a crick in his neck; after a moment he registered a
strangely familiar presence next to him. Then he thought about
that. Then he opened his eyes. "What are you doing here? Where's
Geri?"  Cesc's face was too close to see his eyes or mouth, but
Leo could feel his chest vibrate under his cheek when he
laughed. "You sure know how to crush a guy's ego, little bro."
"I didn't mean - " Leo said, mortified. "I just - "  "Joking,
joking!" Cesc pressed a kiss to the top of Leo's head, and for a
moment it was like he'd never left. "Geri's in your shower. He
said you were asking for me."  Leo didn't remember that, but
that didn't necessarily mean it hadn't happened. There were
large chunks of the previous day missing from his memory. Mind-
blanking panic probably wasn't t