They've spent months apart, longing for each other in ways words could never quite capture. The teasing texts, the stolen late-night whispers, the aching silence after a call ends, it all leads to this moment. 

Finally, they are here, together. No more screens, no more distance. Just him. Just her. 

They went on a dinner date for the first time and are on the way back to their hotel room.

 

The way he holds her, the way his fingers trace her skin like he's memorizing her, sends warmth rushing through her. She had dreamed of this on more nights than she remembers. And when he whispers in her ear, telling her how beautiful she is, how much he's missed her, she melts.