And, much more immediate than all of that, they would eventually have to get up when the food got there.

But not for a while, so, for now, just the clinging, the gentle rubs, the lips pressed into her hair.


"I love you, too," he said, the words cracking in his throat a little, and his hold on tightened. "Gods, Liz, I missed you so much. I was...really starting to think I would never even see you again."