"Ah, but Greg, you give me a reason to be strong." Not the only one, but so much of her current emotional stability came from his presence in her life. Countless things flickered in the back of her mind, memories she wasn't even supposed to have, and what might come in the future she could not say, but yet none of that could bother here, especially here in his arms.

"I do enjoy looking at your back," she teased. Because they both knew, without needing to say it, that they would support and protect the other with all they had.