"Oh Alan," she said, breathless from his attentions, though breathlessness did overcome her more and more often, these days. She inhaled deep, body rising and falling in his arms, and tilted her head back to touch against his. "I love you too," she panted, closing her arms over his and gave them a squeeze to encourage him to hold on tighter, trying to ignore the shallowness of her lungs. "Till the world ends."