Her arms wrapped around him too and she buried her face in his neck, squealing and laughing. Her heart continued to thunder in her chest at the excitement of it all coming together. He held her like she belonged there and she had some kind of proof he loved her enough to want to stay too. That had always been enough.
"God I love you, you asshole," she muttered and kissed him again and again. "Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you."