"I missed doing this," Rowan allows herself to say while she focuses on braiding Alex's hair. There's been too much going on with both of them for them to have time to just... be... without anything getting in the way.

"I'll hire you as my hairdresser if you ever want to stop being a cop," Alex jokes, but sneaks a hand behind her so she can give Rowan's leg a squeezing--her way of letting Rowan know she understands. "I'm sure you'll be very successful at it."

Rowan doesn't pull Alex's hair on purpose for that comment. Really.