#abh raphael

Malek is so suspicious. There's hints everywhere and on top of that, he didn't flinch at all when triggering this mechanism in the church?

The cryptographer being Lane of course

Veronica stops out of breath before Raphael's desk, her hands planted over the table surface. Raphael's mouth opens, but not long after he closes it. He knows. Veronica should've known he would know.

They stare at one another, and then she moves briskily around the desk, Raphael raises from his seat. Raphael tries to stop her, raising his hands.

His mouth opens again, but no sound comes out. She raises her hands to his and hold them. In a strange way, all of their fingers may hurt for the angle and pressure.

She's shaking, and his eyes wide a little, preoccupation sipping out of him.

Veronica pulls at him, his hands, and takes them to her leaned head.

His cold, chilling hands mold around her bones, a touch so soft so careful.

Veronica closes her eyes, savoring the touch and the care.

Slowly, awkwardly, they fall in an embrace.

Raphael is always cold to the touch, but his body never takes the heat either.