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The One who has Resolved
She crossed the hotel room and flopped down on the bed draped in mint and trimmed in gold. "Being away from our little home is more tiring than I had anticipated," she sighed.
Severus shed his waistcoat and followed. "A week more?"
When he stretched out next to her, she rolled into him. "I miss the garden, and the cats, and everything—"
"You needn't stay, if you would rather go back to Wolden."
She shook her head. "I'm staying. I just—it's so much."
"And you have been unbelievably understanding about the whole mess."
She yawned and smiled sleepily.
Mint, #89