the force that had just been holding Curt to earth is now dragging him viscerally towards Patrick Harte. Curt breaks away from the line. His short, careful steps are long forgotten. He's trotting and then loping and then in a full-out run and he hits Patrick so hard that they almost both lose their balance. Time spirals away from Curt impossibly, everything slowing down and the scene around him falling away. There is only the body in his arms, warm and moving and — once it is steady again — moving to embrace him, too.
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