Clementine smiles against his shoulder despite the pain in her chest, despite the burning in her eyes. She nods against him, pulling back enough to look at his face. She knows him so well by now. Her hand reaches up, cupping the back of his neck as she shakes her head.

"It's okay."

She doesn't mean any of it is okay.

It's not okay they'll have to face this one day. It's not okay that she got him killed. These are all issues they can't deal with at the moment. But it is okay. It is okay for him to feel the way he feels now without holding any of it back.

She leans into press a kiss to the side of his mouth, tightening her hold on the back of his head.

She whispers against his mouth, quiet but meant only for him. The words are still ringing through her head I love you.Her heart beats wildly with it, strongly with it. It's stronger than all the guilt and grief and pain in her world, in her life. Her thumb slides over his neck.

"It's okay. You don't have to be funny right now, Lou."