[There is, as promised, excited barking from behind the door. Jem's new dog is still only a puppy, really, despite how big she's gotten. There's the muffled chorus of Jem shooshing her newly acquired daughter and then the scraping of doggie paws across the floor as Jem pushes by her to open the door.
Just over a year ago, Jem was startled awake by a series of missed calls. It had been early in the morning, and she'd missed the first few, but eventually it had been Kieren on the other end, panicked. They hadn't had an explaination for his sudden full-body return to humanity, but they'd got on with it. So, when Jem opens the door and sees brown eyes and pink cheeks, and the real, bushy ginger mounts Kieren's called eyebrows for years -- she's shocked, sure, but not the kind of shocked Kieren is probably expecting. From the outside looking in, though, it looks the same.
She hadn't wanted to tell him about this, because it might have been a one off.
It wasn't. (It might be. He might have wished for this.)
She exhales heavily, and, misty-eyed and relieved, she breathes out:] Oh, Kier, [and pulls him in for a tight hug, dog barking at her backside.]
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Just over a year ago, Jem was startled awake by a series of missed calls. It had been early in the morning, and she'd missed the first few, but eventually it had been Kieren on the other end, panicked. They hadn't had an explaination for his sudden full-body return to humanity, but they'd got on with it. So, when Jem opens the door and sees brown eyes and pink cheeks, and the real, bushy ginger mounts Kieren's called eyebrows for years -- she's shocked, sure, but not the kind of shocked Kieren is probably expecting. From the outside looking in, though, it looks the same.
She hadn't wanted to tell him about this, because it might have been a one off.
It wasn't. (It might be. He might have wished for this.)
She exhales heavily, and, misty-eyed and relieved, she breathes out:] Oh, Kier, [and pulls him in for a tight hug, dog barking at her backside.]