[ She may as well have been talking another language, for the first few seconds, while he stared at her dumbly. Whatever he'd been expecting her to say, that wasn't it, and it too way too long for the words to filter through his brain. When they finally did, his heart seemed to stop for several beats, then restart painfully just to run twice as fast. The anger she'd mentioned wasn't there - if any emotion could describe the disbelieving shock on his face, it would be closer to utter relief. ]
Oh thank god. [ Exhaled in a single breath, almost like a sob, while his heart stuttered painfully.
He reached out and clasped each side of her face with his hands, then pulled her a little closer so he could press their foreheads together. When he spoke, his voice was thick. Overwhelmed. He didn't quite have it in him to be happy - they'd lost literally everything but each other - but he was so relieved. ]
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Oh thank god. [ Exhaled in a single breath, almost like a sob, while his heart stuttered painfully.
He reached out and clasped each side of her face with his hands, then pulled her a little closer so he could press their foreheads together. When he spoke, his voice was thick. Overwhelmed. He didn't quite have it in him to be happy - they'd lost literally everything but each other - but he was so relieved. ]
Oh thank god it's not just me.