"Tea is fine," he stepped in aware that his presence was a bit unannounced. Usually they had this routine down of asking permission but the more comfortable he became the more he pulled out of his shell. She was seeing a man that he hadn't seen in forever, the one that was a giddy romantic.
"I know this is entirely unexpected, but..." he took her hand pulling her softly towards him where he could capture that glimmer in her eyes that she did not show anyone but him. He needed to touch, to physically tell himself she was not going to turn into stone again.