Xaver still didn't stir, his breathing remaining slow, even, and deep. In sleep, he couldn't conceal the dark, weary discoloring beneath his eyes, even as it was slowly fading, or the many bruises that littered his form - nor the youthfulness that still remained in his creature, showing through without the consciousness of his thoughts to conceal it.
Cody snuggled against him, and instinct drew Xaver's face to the back of the boy's neck - but he made little other movement, remaining asleep..