Summer jerked to a stop in her hallway, just avoiding tripping over Helios. “Gabriel?!” she whispered. She didn’t know how, but she knew he was back. Somewhere, somehow. He was back.
With a series of smoke puffs, he hugged her from every angle, teleporting like a pro, as usual. Stopping to face her, he smiles sheepishly. “You miss me?”
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.