[ He should've seen it coming but it still takes him by sluggish surprise, limbs unmoving for a moment until he wraps an arm around her. If there's one thing he's learnt over the last few months (both here and home) it's that you cling to the good things for as long as you get to have them, because they won't always be there.
He swallows sharply, throat thick even though his eyes remain stubbornly dry. ]