"You're a really great girl, James," he said, leaning his cheek against the top of her head. "I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't been here today."
His eyes were slowly falling closed though he doubted he'd actually be able to do more than doze. "You're going to be here an awful lot, then." He shifted them around so that they were more or less laying down on the couch. "I love you, you know."