Seeing her smile made him instantly feel better. He liked when Nieve was smiling, now more than ever. The moment she was in his arms, he held her tight against him and smiled into her hair. She was okay. Nothing had happened since he left the night before. It was the same as the day before and so on since she came home. Hunter knew that he was not going to get over what happened easily, but this may help. Holding her like that. His hands rubbed her back gently and he took a small step back to look her in the eye, the relaxed smirk still on his face. "You know me, savior from bugs and boredom," he replied lightly before moving to sit down.
Work. Working was a good thing. He rubbed the top of his head awkwardly before finding a very persistent dog's head in his lap. Hunter gave a small laugh. "I bet the kids are missing you," he replied softly. "Their sub is probably sick of hearing how great Miss Linwood is."