private video.
[And maybe he needs to hear that too. That she does want him around, even with his baggage and his bad choices. That it's not about him screwing up or making mistakes.
That it's simply because maybe it isn't meant to be the way he thought it was. It'll hurt, a lot clearly, but it won't always hurt like this.
And maybe it's even a little duller than those first days.]
Good. [The way he exhales is like he's breathing freer than he has in days.] We should get lunch or something. Once things settle down a little bit.
[Not now, not when she's got enough on her plate. He can wait.]