"Nothing here either." Visually it seemed peaceful, and safe enough. Moving them up and on solid ground, and taking a breath. Logic kept trying to tell him to let her go now, but emotion wasn't listening. Not with his heartrate higher, and he was too aware of how close they were and he'd missed her.

It had been difficult; his feelings were his problem, not hers--just because she might find someone else she wanted to spend time with. Besides, there was her whole 'code' thing, wasn't there?

It had him tangled in knots, and right then he was keeping his arm around her.