"I'll teach you after we get you out of here, okay?" He moved closer, reaching out to muss up her hair. That sliver of a grin still lingered only to slip when she spoke, the weight of her words hitting him in the chest and settling there until he couldn't breath.

I have you and Arthur. And that's enough.

He didn't know how to take it, because it was something that found it's way beneath the ice that he kept around his heart and made itself at home among the frost, warm and content to grow. <******** was so screwed.

"Yeah," he said quietly, brow crinkling. "You got me." Suddenly uncomfortable he stood. "I'm going to go see if I can get the paperwork to discharge you or whatever they need."

He didn't wait for her response before he was standing and ducking out the door.

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