... We're going to have to start checking hospitals. Christ, Chrissy, I'm so sorry... [ apologizing doesn't make it better. it just... it's the only thing he can think to do. he knows that loneliness. the fear. the world being so different, your friends and family decades and dimensions apart from you.

they were probably right next to each other, all this time. not knowing. he swallows the sudden lump in his throat. rubbing her back, dropping his chin to rest on top of her head. ]

You're gonna be staying right here with us from now on.