She could feel his struggle to come back to himself, she felt the way he was shaking, fighting, his breathing labored. And all she wanted to do was make it better. She kept on whispering to him, telling him that he was okay, they were okay, they were safe. She was holding him close, her hand in his, her other arm wrapped tightly around him, though she wasn't long enough to embrace him completely like this.

Her mouth pressed his temple gently just as the finale started and she heard him gasp her name. The fireworks shot off in a fury of light, burst and burst, no break in between, fifty something fireworks going off all at once. And she moved to her knees, trying to draw him to her gently, to keep him close because this had to be the scariest part. "Just fireworks. I'm here."