[He kisses her back, gentle and direct, before he exhales and wills away the tension still building in his body. There were still things he'd need to say. Sometime. But telling her that much has given him a measure of peace and he feels a little less terrified by this sleeping girl in his arms and her pleading with him not to go.
He's never really held a kid before. It's....
Nice.
And even though now he knows he's got more things to figure out than he initially realized, it doesn't seem so hopeless anymore.]
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He's never really held a kid before. It's....
Nice.
And even though now he knows he's got more things to figure out than he initially realized, it doesn't seem so hopeless anymore.]