He leaned in and kissed her forehead, then her cheek, and finally a very soft kiss to her lips.
"You just need to let yourself be. You don't have to apologize for needing a little extra care right now. You're there for me when I need it too."
She might not notice it, because he'd learned early how to hide his hurts, keep his pain buttoned up, deal with it because it was such a constant in his life that it didn't need attention. But every moment when he was still for a second too long, when he turned and wrapped his arms around her to remind himself that he was here and she was here and it wasn't all going to disappear into a shuddering icy slumber...
She made his life better in a million ways he was pretty sure she couldn't see, and he suddenly wished to God he wasn't so damn good at hiding it so she could.
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"You just need to let yourself be. You don't have to apologize for needing a little extra care right now. You're there for me when I need it too."
She might not notice it, because he'd learned early how to hide his hurts, keep his pain buttoned up, deal with it because it was such a constant in his life that it didn't need attention. But every moment when he was still for a second too long, when he turned and wrapped his arms around her to remind himself that he was here and she was here and it wasn't all going to disappear into a shuddering icy slumber...
She made his life better in a million ways he was pretty sure she couldn't see, and he suddenly wished to God he wasn't so damn good at hiding it so she could.