_{[ When they paused for a breath he much needed, he looked at her. She hadn't changed, but then, it had only been three days for her. But still, it was comforting to him, to come back with a year's worth of memory and have someone solid and who hadn't changed. It made him more... secure, he thought.}

He leaned in, kissing her cheek gently, a chaste thing, and then rested his forehead against her, shivering in her grasp. ]

I'm glad I get to see you again.