A/N: Spoilers for Shadows Rising.
His mind has softened the contours of her face and he can still recall the feel of her fingertips on his cheek, though he imagines that the touch lasted longer than it really did.
It'll be good to see her again, he thinks.
Yet he is wholly unprepared when he rounds the corner and she is standing outside the morgue. Strange how he can talk to people like Maggie and Angelica, but doesn't know what to say to Carol.
It's not long before they fall back in synch, and suddenly it is as if no time has passed at all.