He strokes his fingers along her shoulder, just thinking. He's been starved for physical affection for a long time. His power just didn't allow him to even get a casual hug. Everything had to be plotted out, and carefully calculated so no one lost hair or a limb. The only person who could be careless with him was and is. Josh is always willing to touch Kevin, if he needs it. Hell, Logan's had Josh smack Kevin in the back of the head for being stupid.

But now... now he has a wife. A wife that'll expect all those little things that he can't do - quick good-bye kisses, a random hug while he's working in the forge - and all he'll be is a disappointment for her. Is it even fair to do this? Rogue, who is also weirdly immune to his power and he to hers, might have been a better choice, but he understands why she hadn't been chosen. But still. To marry him off to someone as sweet and kind as Kitty seems? He'll just make her bitter.

He huffs out a sigh and holds her closer. There's a lot of thoughts swirling through his mind. And none of them are the greatest. He's learned over the years to curb his most self-destructive ones, but times like this always bring them out. Josh would've already smacked him one, knowing what he's thinking. But he just holds his wife, not speaking them into existence. He can give her that peace.