With a quiet, pleased sound, Moon curls up against him, cuddles close, one arm tossed over his stomach. She rests there, listening to his heartbeat slow, calm, return to normal, and she smiles against his skin.

"Please don't run from me again," she asks, her voice gentle. "I see everything you are, Jason, and much of what you will be... and it doesn't frighten me. It's you. Everything is you, and it's you I want to be around."