[There's just enough time after he speaks for her to smile back and think about how glad she is that she met him, and then he's hugging her. She never expects hugs from someone else, with Booth being the only exception. No matter what, she is still caught a little off guard, but not so much that it becomes awkward before she hugs back.
There is almost no delay in this instance. She holds him tight, as if this were the first time she has seen him in too long, acutely aware of the fact that he is the only person from home who is here with her, that this place took Zack from her on a whim and could do the same with Sweets. She misses everyone so much that this embrace is for them all, for the people she has let in and let herself love.
There are no words for this, so she rests her chin on his shoulder and shuts her eyes tight, hoping beyond logic that the others know she loves them.]
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There is almost no delay in this instance. She holds him tight, as if this were the first time she has seen him in too long, acutely aware of the fact that he is the only person from home who is here with her, that this place took Zack from her on a whim and could do the same with Sweets. She misses everyone so much that this embrace is for them all, for the people she has let in and let herself love.
There are no words for this, so she rests her chin on his shoulder and shuts her eyes tight, hoping beyond logic that the others know she loves them.]