As soon as she pulled away to grab her purse, Bastion was able to take a few staggering breaths to cool himself down. He sucked it up and looked ready as ever the moment she turned again, and he nodded, taking the crook of her arm and holding it under his. His hand rested gently over hers. "As ready as ever. It will be a night to remember."
As he walked her down the hall, his eyebrow quirked, because everything she'd just said had only then sunk in. So when they exited the dorm, the last thing he'd said before the door closed behind them was the following.
"You have a brother, working security..?"
Famous last words.
