"How can you even ask that?"

He barked back before she even reached the last of her words, his tone harsh and loud, overlapping hers. He still had energy rushing through his body, which only fuelled the sudden anger he now felt about what she'd done, though he knew all too well that it came from a place of concern.

"You walked out into that storm! Are you mad?! You nearly got yourself killed, and what? You'd have me leave the door unlocked so you could go out there and try it again?"