[He allows her to take his hand without protest, and tightens it in a warm grip without hesitation. He doesn't remember her being quite so open to touch before, even casual little shows of comfort like this...but a warmth settles in his chest, and though he doesn't embrace her again even after seeing the shiver, he does move in closer, so she can still share in the body heat. And he nods as he listens, all the while looking around them for a place they might sit and talk a little more comfortably...]
[Up until he needs to pause a moment. To replay the last handful of words she said through his head.]
[Because he heard...something that doesn't quite parse correctly, he's pretty sure.]
no subject
[Up until he needs to pause a moment. To replay the last handful of words she said through his head.]
[Because he heard...something that doesn't quite parse correctly, he's pretty sure.]
Your husband.