Will reached for Magnus and gently pulled her into his embrace. She resists slightly, making him work, not giving up her strong façade.
"You have to quit being the only strong one ore you are going to get tired and collapse."
She smiles at him softly as he brushes a silent tear from her cheek with his thumb. Ever so slowly he moves closer, their eyes locked together as their lips become just millimeters apart. Her body trembles with anticipation, she has waited for this moment since he came to the sanctuary, the tension becoming unbearable between the two of them. He tilts his head a little and kisses where the tear had been. He repeats on the other side again this time just under where the tear stopped putting him almost against her luscious lips. She takes a shaky breath and turns her face ever so slightly into his to catch his lips in a soft delicate kiss. At first it is just a brush of lips then his body finally catches up with his mind and he holds her tighter against him, licking her bottom lip asking for permission. She lifts her arms, which had been down to her sides motionless except for her hands which were opening and closing over and over again. She gently removes his arms from around her causing his eyes to cloud with doubt.
"Helen…"
She shakes her head and puts a finger over his lips to silence him. "Thank you, Will."
"For what?" He asks confused and amazed that she had not gotten angry with him for kissing her.
"For this", she lightly takes his hand and places it on her lower back then gently pulls him into her kissing him again, this time allowing him passage into her mouth when he asked. The kiss began soft and tentative but as each of them realized that the other one wanted this just as badly it began to change into something more passionate, more intimate. All of the tension that had been building up colliding into one another. Through their connected lips, and the places that their hands roamed over and explored each other's body.