“Hey,” Jamie says, and finds himself grinning. It’s startling, how he doesn’t remember the last time he smiled that wide, the muscles in his face too tense now. He walks right into John’s open arms and holds on.
“I missed you,” he blurts, before he can take it back. John pulls back and looks at him, the way he always does, considering and sincere and- “I missed you too,” John says, gently, and Jamie believes him.