Room 406, evening

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They'd done what they'd set out to do. The angels were trapped.

Now it was just a matter of waiting.

Isabel hated waiting.

The door was closed.

[Door closed, post open...]

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"What day is it?" Wyatt asked, sitting on the edge of the bed. "I didn't bother to find out before I orbed down here. The only stop I made was to drop Savannah off at Johnny's room."

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"Sunday night," she said quietly. "It was the longest three days of my life."

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Conveniently, Wyatt kept some spare clothes in Isabel's room; he stood up and started to change into pajamas as well. "I'm sorry," he said again. "It was nine months for me. Well, before going into stasis."

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Isabel watched him change. She was tired, but not tired enough to not appreciate the view. "Nine months, and then eighty-five years. Take into account my time in the pods? We're almost old enough to be our own grandparents."

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Wyatt climbed into the bed, snuggling up against Isabel. "At least I wasn't fated to stay in the past and become my own grandfather or something," he said. "Because that would just be too weird."

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"Very. You're back where you belong," she smiled as she curled up to his side. "With me. You're stuck with me now, you know that right?"

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"No one I'd rather be stuck to," Wyatt said. "God, it feels so good to touch you again."

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"Nine months was a long time," Isabel agreed. She was tired. But suddenly she wasn't that tired. "You didn't find a pretty Egyptian girl to keep you company?"

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"Well, there was a brothel I almost checked out," Wyatt teased.

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"You wanted to see the dancing girls?" she grinned, lightly tickling his waist.

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"Actually," Wyatt said, squirming as she tickled, "I heard a rumor that they had good coffee there."

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"As long as that's all you wanted," Isabel replied, just a little jealous at the thought of any hypothetical coffee drinking dancing girls.

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"All I thought about was you," Wyatt said, suddenly serious. "And how much I wanted to come home."

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She rested her head against Wyatt's shoulder, holding him close. "You're going to make me cry."

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"Don't cry," he said, kissing her. "I'm here, everything's okay now."

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There were a few tears. But they were happy ones.

"I love you." Which was a given. But if she'd been gone for nine months, Isabel knew she'd want to hear the words.

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"Love you so much," Wyatt said, squeezing her tighter. He'd tried his best to be strong over the past nine months because he didn't want Savannah to melt down, but the time away from Isabel had been agonizing.

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"I know," she said murmured, gently rubbing her hand up and down his back. "God do I know that."

"I'm never going to yell at you about dishes in the sink."

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Wyatt raised his head and blinked down at her. "That's a strange thing to say," he said.

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Isabel shook her head and lean up for a kiss. "It's been a strange weekend. Hell, a strange week and a half. Let's just say that I've learned not to take you for granted, how about that?"

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"Same here," Wyatt murmured. "Definitely."

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"Suddenly I'm not so tired anymore." And they had nine months to make up for.

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"Me neither," Wyatt said, kissing her again, more intensely now.

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She'd been afraid they wouldn't ever get to do this again. She returned the kiss, just as intensely. But slower. They had all the time in the world now.