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[walker_cain]

And Cain wakes, surfacing like a man drowning who breaks from the water. He gasps even as he sits up in bed, disoriented and confused as his mind races a mile a minute. Memory washes across him, like waves over a rising island and he shudders

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[mollyprewett]

She is sleeping--or she was. The sound of Cain calling for her has her sitting upright in the narrow bed before her eyes are fully open.

"Cain?"

She rubs blearily at her eyes for a moment, disoriented. When she opens them, and see's him awake...

"Cain!"

The coil that has been wound so tightly in her chest begins to loosen at the sight of him with his eyes open, and tears for relief spring to her eyes.

She's off of the bed in an instant, getting slightly tangled in the same robes she's been wearing since her parent's funeral three days ago. Then she's launching herself at him in joy.

"You're awake!"

[walker_cain]

He takes less than a breath and then he is kissing her, hard and pulling her close to him on the bed he is on and holding her tight. Whispers come out between hard, passionate kisses.

"I missed you, and thought you were dead, and here you are, and God, but you look beautiful. are you okay? I love you, I love you. I love you."

He pulls her close and kisses her long again.

[mollyprewett]

Molly is laughing and crying at the same time, returning his kisses, and holding him close.

"I thought you were--I didn't know what to think."

Her hands are on his cheeks, and she eases back to examine his face, his eyes, and lets the stubble on his cheeks tickle her hands.

"I'm so glad you're all right! Do you hurt anywhere? Do you need anything?"

[walker_cain]

He smiles softly at her and steokes her arms.

"I'm okay. I feel great and you feel great and God... I have been... I hurt and then there was darkness and then I saw myself and..."

He looks at her and he smiles softly, kissing her.

"I remember."