Manning Thorsen believes in (othala) wrote in repose,
Re: Thorsens at home
For the moment, Manning didn't want them to leave either. Here was safe, here they were all together without the endless, empty abyss he had found himself in. And as much as this life might wear on him occasionally, as much as he might crave the halls of Valhalla that were still denied to him, he would always pick here over that hole.
With his girls in his arms? TJ and Iris' heat against his chest and belly, their weight and their slow, steady breaths -- he'd rather be here. even against the one place he craved. Letting out a slow breath, he turned his head again and kissed Iris' temple, before he returned his gaze to their daughter, fat cheeked and pink lipped. In another few days, they might talk about it, but right now, they were here, and they were together, living and breathing. They were home.