@coming-xf-age (from here)
It was cold that afternoon, and the city was quiet. In the spring months the town hall was a busy place, alive with noise and chatter, but December had brought with her fresh snow that kept most folks home, or sent them to the saloons scattered around town to keep warm.
Atticus, being something of a desert-dwelling creature, was freezing despite his layers of clothing. But he was still there outside the town hall at twelve in the afternoon on a Monday morning when everyone else had had the good sense to stay indoors. The town hall’s clock said he’d only been there ten minutes, but he’d still started to wonder if maybe Turner had forgotten about him--or that this was a set-up of some sort--when a movement by the corner of the building caught his eye and sent his heart racing.
He was moving before he could think about it, closing the space between them in long strides, excited beyond measure--he’d known from the moment he got the letter that Charlie was alive, but to see it for himself, to know it--
He stopped just shy of too close, remembering where they were, and held out his hand to shake instead - smiling, of course, like an idiot.
“You’re a whole thirty seconds late, I was startin’ to think you weren’t coming. You, uh, you look well. I mean, aside from whatever the hell it is you’re wearin’. You look--it’s good to see you.”