[The words had come very naturally. It takes Lawford a heartbeat or two of his own to gently parse the quiet of his own mind for exactly how much he'd meant the weight behind the words.
In the end, it's another very natural answer.] I expect it is.
[Some pieces of their life here were simply beyond reality. That didn't mean there was no truth to the sensation of Thomas's fingers curled with his own, or the faint pleased skip of his heart now and then, or the ease with which his mind was prepared to agree that it had, in fact, meant to let this particular weight settle between them now.]
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In the end, it's another very natural answer.] I expect it is.
[Some pieces of their life here were simply beyond reality. That didn't mean there was no truth to the sensation of Thomas's fingers curled with his own, or the faint pleased skip of his heart now and then, or the ease with which his mind was prepared to agree that it had, in fact, meant to let this particular weight settle between them now.]