CORA #3
I did, shattering around him with a cry I didn't bother muffling, and the sound of it seemed to break something loose in him too, his own rhythm turning urgent and unsteady for the first time all night before he followed me over with my name on his lips like a vow he intended to keep.
He held me through every last second of it, both of us shaking, both of us gasping like we'd run somewhere instead of simply staying exactly where we were, and when it finally eased he collapsed against me,