“I don’t want to come between you guys. I just wanted to explain why I freaked out.” His eyes are soft like velvet, so kind and understanding and affectionate that I want to drop myself into his lap, wrap my arms around him, and bury my face in his neck so I can inhale his warm scent and let him comfort me. It was a really fucked up thing for Kit to do, and the relief that Hayden thinks so too has all the tension in my chest dissolving.
