tell me something sweet to get me by

Halo was her typical, nervous self. She stepped in to meet Mortis's shoulder, though, and suddenly? Suddenly things were okay again. The girl pressed her face into the man's shoulder, tucked up under his wing, holding there for a long moment. To hear that he'd missed her too? That was comforting. Comforting, enough to steady Halo, though she worried. The confident, lopsided smile, something that she'd missed. Halo's was shy in return.

Stepping back, the girl nodded once. "I think so, at least. I haven't tried it either," a small smile. It had been a long process, but one she was proud of. "How do you like it here? The walk over was really nice, it seems like a nice area," small talk but... maybe she was a bit shy about it still. Maybe just a bit. There weren't words for how much Halo had missed him, really. Her best friend.

"Halo"