Daniel Arlington

The love he sees in her expression when she pulls back, the gratitude and almost disbelief that they're right back where they'd started--no, they're someplace better. They both know that now, on a level neither of them, Danny thinks, could have contemplated earlier this year. Let alone back home, where they never had the chance to find out.

"I love you too," he says, returning her kiss, holding her hips as they continue to rock. "Beyond all surpassing."