( it's is something she notices, it's in the lines of his face, the fact that he hasn't been sleeping. it's a familiar look, or it used to be a familiar look, back before they were inseparable. things had gotten better, little by little – to see the dark shadows back has her heart aching for him. )
Love, are you ––
( the option is creeping in, of course. his surprise at seeing her, how he cups her face like he can't quite believe she isn't a figment of some dream. it's battling her own idea, strange in a different way, but a little less immediately scary: after all, if it happened overnight, it can be fixed just as quickly. )
Are you feeling quite well?
( she gives a reassuring smile, and reaches up to run a thumb across his cheek, before burying her hand in his hair. she has half a mind to kiss him, but she does think those mysteriously added decades should possibly be addressed first. )
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Love, are you ––
( the option is creeping in, of course. his surprise at seeing her, how he cups her face like he can't quite believe she isn't a figment of some dream. it's battling her own idea, strange in a different way, but a little less immediately scary: after all, if it happened overnight, it can be fixed just as quickly. )
Are you feeling quite well?
( she gives a reassuring smile, and reaches up to run a thumb across his cheek, before burying her hand in his hair. she has half a mind to kiss him, but she does think those mysteriously added decades should possibly be addressed first. )