[It's so stupid, but just that simple touch makes him flush a bit.

Oh, for Merlin's sake.]

You were. You've been gone...awhile, actually.

[Averts his eyes, glancing in the direction of where the battle rages on. The green clouds seem thickest there, with lightning occasionally flashing overhead.

He shudders a little.]

It seems I disappeared, too -- a matter of weeks, so says our esteemed captain. I suppose something needed our help here, so we were called back. And yes, just in time to fight that arsehole. [Huffs.] I don't even remember being home again. What a waste.

[He looks back to her.]

I missed you, you know. [The corner of his mouth quirks upwards again.] No one else was quite so willing to ride my broomstick.

[...............EXCUSE THE SUDDEN RUSH OF COLOR TO HIS FACE. Bloody buggering fuck, has broom talk always sounded so inappropriate??!]