It was hard to resist crawling over to him. Soothing him. To stop herself she dug her nails into her palms, letting the pain keep her in check.

"Because that's...that's how we use to be. It wasn't..." She sighed, pulling her knees close to her chest. "Things weren't perfect between us. I'm not perfect. But they weren't...there was so much good there. It was...so important."

Was she about to cry? No. Not here, not now.