Jax laughed then, honest to God laughed like all the tension had just been pulled out of him and he could hold her again. "You're gonna have tonight," he promised. "And tomorrow morning. And every fucking day you want after that I swear it."

He ran a hand down her side, fingers hunting out the familiar places hidden under the change of having had a baby. He was going to enjoy discovering those changes too, reacquainting himself with the person he knew he needed more than anyone else. After four months here and weeks before that without her, it was like breathing again after too long underwater.

"I missed you too," he said, laughing and kissing her again before bending down to grab her around the hips and carry her away.