Near
She likes to keep him near.
He's learned it's because he's away so much on missions, sometimes for weeks, even months at a time.
At first he found it troublesome, an almost clinging neediness. But then he came to understand the quiet desperation of worrying that someone you cared about wouldn't come back.
That revelation came shortly after her longest mission.
Now, he wouldn't go so far as to call it cuddling after sex, but technically, rolling over and going to sleep was more work. He could just lie there and go to sleep with her in his arms, near.
