"Is that what comes with happiness?" he asked with a pinched brow and a slightly self deprecating tone. The kiss was met with a softening of his features back into a smile and then, as Malcolm continued, a scoff.

"She lets everyone think I left her unless pressed," he admitted, head rolling back to look at the ceiling. "But sometimes I wonder if she wasn't right to. If we're not.. hopeless for tryin' to have somethin' normal with the way our lives are."