I think something hot is just what we both need right about now, honestly. I'm grateful for it.

[But not as grateful as she is for Dave next to her, and as soon as he's there she's quick to snuggle up against his side. Even now she doesn't weigh much, and never has, but there's something more fluid in her body language now than there ever was in her life before Dave, something more natural and less doll-poised.]

And do you, now? What is it that's so cool about him, then?