Rose bit her lip and swallowed down her growl all the while counting to ten while she reined her anger in. Ranting at Rolf wouldn’t do him any good, wouldn’t lessen his hurt or make it all more bearable for him. He already knew that she knew exactly what he felt like, so all she could really do – all she could really do that could maybe make a small difference – was… be here and comfort him.
“One day,” she said softly, her eyes on his as she scooted a little closer to him, “when you’re back in the field and I have my own team, we’ll go to a place like Skopelos.” Skopelos was the only place she had ever been vacationing, so while she had been to other amazingly beautiful places, they had all been for work, which made Skopelos the best example of an island paradise that she knew. “We’ll… set up a Floo so Sweet Nothings can send through anything we want, when we want. No parents. No grandparents. Just you and me.”