Dominic smiled like he had been waiting for this moment specifically and even planned to make it happen.
Ruaan stepped back.
His shoulder found the wall before his legs gave him much choice about it. He leaned against it and kept breathing through his mouth.
'No, no. It was just the fever still leaving my system and not the specific nausea that came with seeing someone I had deliberately stopped thinking about standing in front of me in a damn grey uniform!'
"I've missed you, Ruaan," Dominic said. He spread his hands wide open, thinking Ruaan would just jump into his arms for a hug.
"What the hell are you doing here," Ruaan said. His voice came out thinner than he wanted.
Dominic's smile dropped for exactly one second. He stepped forward and reached out and put his hand on Ruaan's forehead.
Ruaan knocked it away. "Don't touch me with those hands."
"You're burning," Dominic said. "You need to go to the hospital. Do they have one here? Let me take you..."
