"Missed you, too." She stayed close, tucking a strand of his longish hair behind his ear. It felt good, to be this close to him, even after all this time. "And jus' 'cos I've got a life of my own, doesn't mean I can't be a part of yours, sometimes, too."

Rose brushed the faintest whisper of a kiss to his lips, an almost chaste acknowledgment of his presence.