Bianca curls in against him and Derek relaxes into her hold, wrapping an arm around her waist and resting his head on top of hers. She tells him to sleep and for a moment he thinks that she's going to stay, and lay down with him, and he wouldn't mind that. He'd appreciate the comfort.

But she's going to leave, and Derek just nods a bit, not quite ready to let her go. He doesn't want to tell her what he saw in that other place, but he thinks about how he watched blood pour from Bianca's mouth, watched her die right there in the ash, and he holds her just a bit tighter.

"Be safe," he tells her, turning to press a kiss to the top of her head.