She couldn't help but smile fondly, daring only to look at him from the corner of her eye. She was still too shocked by her own candor to face him directly. She knew he was not himself but it was still nice to say the thing she'd been thinking for so long.
The brick wall remained still and unimpressed in front of them and yet she felt like they were on the other side of something now.
The brick wall remained still and unimpressed in front of them and yet she felt like they were on the other side of something now.