It has been a long few days, trying to drown himself in work and get to sleep alone at night, but Nathaniel has managed. A ways through he became almost convinced that one person could not possibly labor for this long, but he hasn't been short with Anders on the crystal. But this is his second night in a row without his husband, so it has taken him frightfully long to get to sleep.

And yet, when the door opens, Nathaniel sits bolt upright before he's even fully awake.

"Anders?"