[He noticed the quiet, again, and this time he welcomed it more than before. Everything about today had been so draining, emotionally. At the rate they had been going, he was afraid he would have needed to pull himself away via some excuse or another, just so he could go be alone inside his head for a while.]
[When he felt her against him, he smiled, his head turning so that he could speak to her... but the sight of her peaceful face stopped him. It took a long moment of admiring her still frame and the slow rise and fall of her chest beneath his jacket before he realized she wasn't just silent, but sleeping.]
[He exhaled with a quiet chuckle, shifting himself against her, hoping she might wake up just long enough for him to ask her if they should head back. His voice was quiet; unobtrusive.] Oy....