Who: Jamie and Mia What: Mia discovers Jamie's returned Where: X-Factor When: Morning after this, so, Saturday/Valentine's Day early a.m. Warnings: MAJOR SPOILER WARNING (or at least very likely) for X-Factor #39.
Mia awoke earlier than usual. She was a morning person, but this was early, even for her. She hadn't really had a restful sleep. It felt like something was different. She did remember she'd had an odd dream during the night of Jamie returning.
Isabel was still asleep next to her on the bed, and as Mia did a check of the building with the Force just to be sure everything was all right, she stopped. It was possible her breathing had stopped for a moment there too. She'd know Jamie's Force aura anywhere. It stood out to her in a crowd. And in the X-Factor building with just a few of them, it was almost like a magnet.
She hadn't dreamed it. He actually had come home sometime during the night. He was still asleep, but she couldn't just stay away. As she slid out of bed and padded in bare feet to the hallway, she dug a little deeper to make sure it was really him and not a dupe. By the time she reached the guest room he was in, she knew it was him. She opened the door, crept inside, and shut the door, all in silence. She stood there watching him for a minute. Or maybe half a minute. Because she was soon carefully sliding onto the bed, using the Force to not jostle it so he wouldn't wake. He seemed exhausted and she wondered what time he'd come home.
He was laying on his side and Mia did the same, cuddling up to him, but facing his back. She wrapped an arm around him from behind and let out a quiet sigh as she felt herself relax in a way she hadn't since he'd disappeared.