Later
"I thought she'd never sleep." Shine smiled. "Am I going to have spend two hours convincing you I'm not going to disappear if you close your eyes too?" Her tone was playful, but there was a drawn tiredness behind her own eyes, as if she was going to have to convince herself of the same thing before she slept.
"Do you need anything? Any more to eat or drink? Are you warm enough?" Shine knew she was talking too fast. It was their first time alone in three and a half years and part of her still worried he'd reject her without Jess around to make him check his words.