“Well, it was very surprising after months of darkness,” he explained, gazing up at her like he was trying to take in every little bit of her face. Just in case the next blink sunk him back into blackness once more, so he would have her committed to memory. “I am sorry if I alarmed you, though,” he added gently. “You really did wait for me.”
His smile grew at her light teasing. “I am not. I can see you with absolute clarity,” he assured her.”I fear my imagination did not do you justice...” he said softly as she moved to sit down. He was feeling a similar temptation, and he had to mentally scold himself to remember that he was in a hospital bed, the anaesthetic barely worn off. “Oh, yes, absolutely. It is more than I ever hoped might be possible,” he explained.