Seeking Solace
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Darkness shrouded their home when she finally pulled up outside, but she was glad of it, and of the near silence that accompanied it.
It was almost all she wanted after a day that had started out so well but ended so badly. A day where she had made it home safely but many hadn't.
Exhausted, she climbed from the car and headed for their front door. It opened before she arrived, and within seconds she was in his arms.
His grip was fiercely tight, his breaths profoundly shaky. His utter relief was palpable.
No… he was all she wanted.