[ Jim, still half-asleep and dopey, simply sounds happy because Zell is happy, and kissing him, and then cuddling him close. It's been a miserable few days with little enough room for this kind of affection and Jim basks in it even before he's awake enough to understand why.
Eventually, though, the reality of Zell's words sink in and then Jim is wide-awake and blinking at him. ] You -
[ The surprise and disbelief gives way quickly to a delighted grin as Jim goes in for another kiss. A real one. Because Zell can see him again. ]
-You're back.
[ Of course, he hadn't left - not like other people Jim could name - but there had been that distance between them that neither could overcome. ]
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[ Jim, still half-asleep and dopey, simply sounds happy because Zell is happy, and kissing him, and then cuddling him close. It's been a miserable few days with little enough room for this kind of affection and Jim basks in it even before he's awake enough to understand why.
Eventually, though, the reality of Zell's words sink in and then Jim is wide-awake and blinking at him. ] You -
[ The surprise and disbelief gives way quickly to a delighted grin as Jim goes in for another kiss. A real one. Because Zell can see him again. ]
-You're back.
[ Of course, he hadn't left - not like other people Jim could name - but there had been that distance between them that neither could overcome. ]