"Shh.." Was all Elizabeth had whispered, nuzzling her face against the crook of Aleksey's neck. "I don't want to know... Just.. Let me savor the time I do have with you... And not have to worry that I'll lose you completely some day.." She murmured against his skin, bringing up a hand to gently drag her fingers through his hair without lifting her head from it's hiding in the crook of his neck, enjoying any touch she was able to share with Aleksey at this moment.<br/><br/>And after a few moments of just gently playing with his hair like this, she leaned up enough to look at him, much like she had that night before he left once more. Tangling a hand in his hair on the side of his head just the same, she kissed him a second later, but it couldn't have been more different then that first kiss. The first she had been incredibly timid, and it had been light and gentle, like feathers.<br/><br/>But this one was anything but. It was deep, and she showed she wasn't ready to pull away in an instant as she had the last, and was gladly letting everything flow into the kiss. She had just missed him so much.. And she had been terribly afraid that she'd never get another kiss in the first place, so certainly this was something.<br/><br/>Coming from Elizabeth though, it'd seem incredibly rare, with how timid she was around everyone, but then again, around Aleksey, half of that seemed to melt away, and the other half she didn't care for, because she didn't feel the need to be scared around Aleksey. She couldn't think of anyone who would be afraid of their protector.