You wished you could fall asleep like she did.

Once she had her long snake body coiled and wrapped around you the way she liked, you wouldn’t have been able to count to ten in the time it took her to dose off. You, on the other hand, were tired from the events of the day but couldn’t drift off like she had. She had taken great care to not squeeze too tightly, and she was much warmer than you would have expected a cold-blooded creature to be, but her coils were a little too heavy and restricted your movement enough that it was going to take a bit of getting used to.

You took a deep breath and let it out with ease, thankful she had left plenty of breathing room for you, and shifted around to get more comfortable. She had claimed one of your arms as a pillow, and your other arm was pinned at your side under part of her heavy tail, but you managed to shift around enough to get into a nice sleeping position. As you moved she murmured something quiet in what sounded like a foreign language and twitched her ear; either she was dreaming or your movements had stirred her out of her deep sleep.

It took some effort but you managed to free your arm from her tail and stroked her muzzle with your fingers. Her forked, serpentine tongue flitted from her mouth and tickled the palm of your hand, but she otherwise didn’t move. Every part of her body was unbelievably soft, from the velvet-like fur of her face and torso to the scales of her tail that felt like silky leather.

You nestled your head into part of her tail and closed your eyes. You were definitely going to be able to get used to this.