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[She kisses him back, and something warm and pleasant settles in her chest. Relief, or hope or something like that, and it's good, because she can still remember how awful it had felt to feel empty, and hollow and worthless.

She hasn't felt like that in a long time, and it's such a relief to know that that's all behind her.]

I'd like that. [In a lot of ways, it's more than she expected.] I'd say I'd get everything ready for you in the meantime, but I'm not sure I'd want the time to.

[It's a joke, because when he comes back for good, it really should be like no time at all has gone by. Otherwise she's going to need to have a chat with the big man in charge.]