"I just don't want to take over whatever life you have here," she said softly, her eyes searching his when he pulled back from the kiss. "I show up, all... messed up, and I bring a baby with me, and you're just settling in being a single parent who works and- I just meant that I know you've got to be going through a lot." She said it softly, and her fingers toyed with his hair before she leaned up to meet his kiss. "He'll always be our son."

She wasn't able to stop the way her lips quirked into a smile, her skin flushed as she looked up at him, as she tried to push away just how much this was both familiar and something she thought was long gone. "I feel connected to you," she whispered as her eyes searched his, that smile small and sweet on her lips. "I feel connected with you, and it... it helps me remember who you are," Her smile didn't falter when she said that, but when she leaned up to kiss him again, there was a thread of need there that wasn't there before. Something heavy and emotional, her hand that'd moved to his chest fisting his t-shirt without realising how tightly she was holding it.