"No," she answered a bit too quickly. For all her nerves and worries for what the morning would bring, his smiling at her for what felt like the first time in months was enough to keep her rooted in place. The tension rolled off her stiff form until she felt comfortable enough to lay back down besides him. They weren't touching as a married couple might, but there also wasn't the ocean of space between them as there usually was.

Five minutes. She could handle laying here with only her thoughts for five minutes.

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