She hadn't noticed that he had stopped, and that she had stopped with him. And it wasn't until he pulled her into his arms that she remembered to take deep, however shaky, breaths.
"You think it's over," she whispered, leaning against his chest and closing her eyes. She suddenly felt exhausted. "And then it all comes flooding back to you like it happened a few moments ago."
She took a deep breath, held it, and then let it out very slowly. "When I heard you were still alive, I must have imagined a thousand different ways of what it would be like to see you again," the faintest of smiles touched her lips. "But I never imagined it would be like this. I thought I was stronger."