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Once Hal stepped into the house, I was right in front of him, wrapping my arms around him in a hug.

"Hey, H."

Hal wrapped his hands around my waist and held me tight. His shoulder were drawn tight. Tense. I gathered his meeting hadn't gone as planned

"Darling, hey." Hal said. He quickly pressed a kiss to my head. "You look fucking beautiful."

"Thank you, H." I said in reply.

We pulled apart and I looked up at him, one hand on his chest and the other cupping his cheek. He looked tired. I've seen Hal in different moods, seen him angry, sad, hungry but not stressed like this. His hair is every which way like he had run his fingers through his hair repeatedly and he was blinking repeatedly.

"You look so tired." I said, leaning up to press a kiss to his lips. "Cmon, lets get you all relaxed."