Candy could hear the sound of a car revving before she could see it. Her mouth twisted up into a grin that she couldn't get rid of, no matter how many times she bit her lip. Idly, she wished she knew a spell that would clean the stitchling mud and sea water and blood off of her, but she knew that he wouldn't care. Still, she ran her fingers through her wet, tangled hair, trying to get it to look somewhat presentable.
When the car approached her, she squinted her eyes shut, trusting him that it wouldn't hit her directly. When she heard the resounding metallic clang of it hitting a tree, she opened her eyes just in time to see him landing in front of her. She wanted to stand there and examine all the changes that he'd made - the sad lines around his eyes, the way he held himself like a snake coiled to strike. But then he was lifting her into his arms and she knew that inside, deep inside where nobody could touch, he was still her Onyxx.
She wrapped her arms tightly around him, burying her face in his neck to keep from crying. "I"m here, I'm so so sorry." Her fingers clung to his shirt, suddenly obsessed with touching him, learning the new lines of his body. "I love you too, I would've come home sooner if I could, I'm sorry - " Her voice trailed off and she moved her head so she could kiss him, blood on her face be damned.