"Hey, I know that now okay. You've said it enough," he tells her with a frown as he closes his eyes, just enjoying the hands in his hair and the feeling of the reminder that he's somehow, ended up here, in a room with the love of his life again.

That it was all going to be okay eventually, even if it took a fucking mountain of work to get back there. She'd be by his side, and she was going to be there.

"I don't feel expectations, just don't leave me okay?" he says quietly, it's a lot, all of it, and all he knows is that he doesn't want to feel that distance any time soon.