Moonspear [m] better off (with you)

He tensed at her next movement, worried that she would try to pull away. When he realized it was quite the opposite, though, he was grateful to sink down beside her. To hold her in the still and cold and quiet, their breath and their bodies an island of warmth in a cold and newly cruel world.

He would wash the tears from her face for as long as they continued to fall. A wet face, at least, was something he could fix.