“Yup!” Eisen smiled when Lexie commented on the turkey soup. “Put extra broccoli in it just for you,” he added, pausing and smiling when he felt her arms wrap around him. He inhaled softly, the scent of her hair making his smile a little softer. It had been a long time since he’d been this happy.
“Tell me about it,” he smirked a little bit. “It’s like, now that we can be together, it’s harder for us than when we couldn’t…how does that work, fate?” This time, his laugh was no less genuine, though it was tinged with a bit of bitterness. “It’s okay, though. Being with you is worth the wait in the end.” Yeah, it was hard to wait sometimes, but it wasn’t like he never got to see her, and like he’d said, she was worth the wait.
He was about to go to the kitchen, when he felt Lexie brush past him and rush in there. He laughed. “Little Miss Eager!”