Allegra barely had time to process Adam’s decision before they were standing up and slipping out of the coffee shop hand in hand. She offered a quick smile of gratitude to the unfriendly waitress before catching up, exiting the shop and stepping into the street. “Where are we —“ Her statement faltered as she felt a familiar kiss on her cheek, her words failing as she turned to lock eyes with her favorite person. “Hi.” She had already said it, but what else was there to say? She instinctively stepped a bit closer to him, a smile lighting up her expression. And it was as if the formal conversation in the coffee shop hadn’t happened at all, as though they’d bumped into each other for the first time just seconds ago and she was back at square one, excited and a little nervous. It felt strangely new.

“Did you have some good space?” Allegra questioned, a sparkle of teasing behind her eyes. Obviously their time apart was a bigger topic than the way she was casually broaching it, there would be plenty to talk about. But she wasn’t trying to get into all of that right now, more joking than anything else as she leaned up on her toes to get closer. “Do you even recognize me?” It had been so, so long, after all. She grinned. “It’s me, Allegra,” she reminded him playfully, as though it had been decades rather than days.