The barrage of hugs was overwhelming. She had to take a moment to catch her breath, laughing. “Yes! Stay put!” She flung her arms around him, clinging.
He places a kiss on the redhead’s forehead. “I never wanted to leave in the first place…” he murmurs, holding her tightly.
Trying to climb him like a tree, Summer pushes up on her toes, reaching for Gabriel’s mouth. “We had /this/ discussion before you disappeared,” she reminds him.
“Excuse my manners, doll. I was a bit preoccupied – usually when I disappear like that, I come back to gravestones, not people. Thank fuck, you’re a person.” With that, he envelops her within his wings and kisses her full on the lips, happy relief spilling from him as he lightly sucks at her lower lip.
“Well, ye—mmph!” She wraps her arms around his neck, eyes closing, drowning in the sense of him. Okay, she’d get more information out of him later. In the meantime, she ignored the fact that he was an archangel and just enjoyed his warmth.