[Loner]

"I'll call you every day if you want," Michael said playfully, sweeping Amy up in his arms and kissing her back. The feel of her in his arms, warm and soft and alive, soothed his worries and helped reassure him that everything would be alright.

A few moments later he let her go reluctantly, and with a wave, headed outside and caught a cab back to his apartment. Over the next few weeks, things gradually returned to normal, what with his studies and the occasional get together with friends, until the mugging barely seemed real at all.