It's ok, I'm here. They were the words he'd wanted to hear from so long, and thought of so many things he would say to her if he ever had the chance again. And now he had that completely impossible chance, and all he could do was hold her. His breathing was growing ragged, and although he promised himself that he wouldn't cry he couldn't quite stop his lip from quivering.
Her comment threw him slightly, changing the tone of the moment in a rather odd way, but a rather typical one for the two of them. "Mm, uh huh..." was about all he managed to mumble into her shoulder. And then, after another uncontrollable shiver he managed to actually form a sentence. "I... I've missed you."