The cityscape loomed around them, a jagged silhouette against the darkening sky. Sirens wailed distantly, muffled by the press of night, but in this moment, it was just the two of them. She could feel the tremors in his body as he exhaled, each breath laden with the sorrows of a life lived hard and fast.
“Thank you,” he murmured, his voice a gravelly whisper, like stones shifting underfoot. She could hardly believe he was speaking, and yet