I didn't mean today, I meant I lost you before. You were important to me then too, in the past we can only partially remember. I don't think I ever said so.

[ His palm ran over Fell's back where he imagined the angel's wings must once have been, his fingers mingling in the soft brush of feathers that were no longer there. ]

We do have an understanding, angel. The only change I would make to that is to make it stronger. I never want you to have to worry I might run off without you.