[ despite his super hearing, kol doesn't hear her over his laughter. it's the first time in a long time (or since the last time he saw davina, really) that he's laughed. ]

The look on your face! [ his hands leave his sweater with one coming to wipe underneath his dry eye. all the tension coiled tightly within him disperses, even for only a few moments. he feels light, like he had in kaleb's body. he feels like himself.

boldly, he wraps his arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer toward him. davina smells nice, just as he remembers her from home. it's a nice reminder that she's real and this isn't some elaborately woven spell to make him hallucinate her here.

still with a smile and a laugh in his voice, he peers down at her, ] Love, are you really that ashamed of me? Not wanting anyone else to see me… One might mistake that for possessiveness.