Gracie kissed his knuckles. “Thank you.”
“For what?”
“For always being what I need.”
Eric cocked his head. “I am?”
She nodded. “Whether it’s someone to take my frustration out on or my rock to lean on, you always step in and are willing to give me what I need to get me through. I don’t always deserve you, but I love you.”
Eric sniffed and blinked back the sting of tears in his eyes as he stood. He leaned over and kissed her, whispering against her lips. “I like to think we deserve each other. After all, who else would put up with us? The surly bartender and the drama queen?”
Gracie laughed. “Touché. I guess we are pretty perfect together.”
“Imperfectly perfect,” he corrected.
“Exactly.”