Sometimes he sees the exhaustion on her face and thinks of the life they could have, swears to take her away someday.

It was essential that they not get too close, that they never touch. Jeff Winger knew this to be true.

He is about to close his eyes as she appears at his bedside; it is as if she has aged along with him.

Every step she took brought her closer to what she was realizing was her destiny. Katie Bell/Oliver Wood

(He shouldn't, but he does.) Jeremy/Betsy

22 mornings later, she wakes up in his bed.

Their hands brush briefly near the beginning of the night, and this is the tipping point. Stuart/Neha