You felt the Outsider’s cold touch on your shoulder, at first it was only a hand sized chill, but slowly and surely it spreads to your back and arms.
“Hmm?” You acknowledged. He was often like this. Touching you until you responded with either a touch or a reply.
He lets go of your shoulder, and hugged you from behind, making it as if the Month of Ice came all of a sudden. You let out a little laugh. He would sometimes be like this, all affectionate for no reason before leaving for an indefinite amount of time.
“The chair is in the way.” He murmured as he buried his face on your neck.
You snorted and snuggled his head while gently rubbing his arms. He mumbled something under his breath.
“I can’t hear you, love.” You nudged his head with your jaw.
He unburied his face from your neck and kissed your cheek, “I’ll be with you soon.” You feel him hugging you even tighter.
It was unlike him to say such things, but he was already gone when you wanted to ask for confirmation.
Three weeks later you heard a knock on the door, with a very familiar looking man on the other side of it accompanied by a tall, dark, one eyed and impossibly two handed woman.
You couldn’t say anything, your brain is racing, asking thousands of questions at once but it seemed your heart understands, as you feel tears streaming down your face.