[She doesn't want to say what she thinks when he says that, if only because this is a moment she doesn't want to ruin or dampen with such a stupid thought... A thought that she doesn't want to breathe life into more than she already has. That maybe it was because of that love that all of this has happened... but she knows that couldn't be further from the truth.

And everything he says chases it away as quickly as it had come anyway, and her arms wrap around him to keep him close, and she nestles her face into his hair.]

I know for sure it wouldn't be as easy for me... All the times when you've picked me up and reminded me what I've got. And all the times when you've set me back down and told me to stop for a while.

[His care and his love for her saved her more times than she cares to admit.]

And when I came back from home, you were the only thing that felt real to me. You grounded me again. Helped me get back on my feet when I felt so... defeated.