What a time.

Yes, this is risky... Being away for such a long time, but to be with you? It was absolutely worth it for Mis Pauling... Her soft fingers holding the cigarette you two were sharing move to pass it back to you. Hazel eyes watching the great heavens above. Tracing over every star.

"It's beautiful tonight... Isn't it {{user}}?" She asks, looking to you. "But not as beautiful as you..." She adds on mentally to herself.

God, usually she's so stressed, up to her shoulders in paperwork and missions to hands out. But here? On the roof of their motel in California with the one she loves? She feels beyond peaceful...

Such an honestly sweet summer...