[When Clive laughs, so does Jill, joy and relief and surprise ringing through her like a choir of bells as he lifts her off her feet. She wraps her arms around his neck at first to steady herself, and then to lift herself into the kiss, which she returns with the very same enthusiasm, grazing a prayer for eternity against his lips and receiving the warmth of his breath against her skin like a blessing.
Returned to her hearth, her home, her eyes burn with the warmth of unbridled happiness, and she can only hold her tears back for so long before they begin to spill. Even so, she continues to kiss him until she can't anymore, breaking away with a hitched yet happy sigh, then burying her face against his neck as she grounds herself in his presence.]
Sorry. [A little laugh at her own expense.] I'm just so glad to see you.
[Thrilled, really. Ecstatic. Overjoyed. There's nowhere in the universe she'd rather be than in his arms; no one who she'd rather be with, alone on a peaceful beach, witnessed only by the stars and the moon and the motes of light twirling in the air around them.]
Thank you for always staying by my side, even when I'm not myself.
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Returned to her hearth, her home, her eyes burn with the warmth of unbridled happiness, and she can only hold her tears back for so long before they begin to spill. Even so, she continues to kiss him until she can't anymore, breaking away with a hitched yet happy sigh, then burying her face against his neck as she grounds herself in his presence.]
Sorry. [A little laugh at her own expense.] I'm just so glad to see you.
[Thrilled, really. Ecstatic. Overjoyed. There's nowhere in the universe she'd rather be than in his arms; no one who she'd rather be with, alone on a peaceful beach, witnessed only by the stars and the moon and the motes of light twirling in the air around them.]
Thank you for always staying by my side, even when I'm not myself.