For a long moment, he just stays like that, silently clinging to her. Taking in the feeling of her hand tracing warm, gentle patterns across his back.

“It’s okay,” he mumbles against her skin. “I just… I didn’t know. It’s a lot to take in.” He presses a soft kiss just under her ear, nuzzling gently. “That picture…” it’s all he can really get out. It’s going to live in his head now, that almost, that could have been.