You do, Zack agreed, and he tried so, so hard to keep a pang out of that thought, but somewhere deep down, there was a touch of melancholy. Even when he'd decided that he was going to think pleasant thoughts. Some things were difficult to let go of completely. You protect your own in any way you can.

Sometimes... sometimes, she just didn't know to be there.

He barely had the strength to, but he managed, at least, to wrap his arms around himself. It was cold in here tonight.