This was ten kinds of wrong and he knew it. Beth was younger than him by a lot and he was pretty sure Hersel'd be sharing a word or two with him by now.

But the world had also gone to shit and he had no real idea if they'd ever come across any of the others again. Might just be them against the world now... for however long they could keep it going.

When she leaned into him, his arm came around her waist loosely, not sure what else to do with his arms.