"We'll adjust again," Barbara told him over her shoulder while a guard waved some kind of device over her person. He stepped aside with a curt nod and let her pass when he found nothing concerning.

They followed the surging crowds toward the luggage collection. There was more space in that place. The crowd could spread out and find their loved ones, friends, family, as well as their things. Barbara had one eye on the waiting people, and the other on the carousel.

But even if she had been watching with both eyes, Ian moved so quickly, she wouldn't have seen him first. His arms circled her waist and pulled her back against him so that he could spin her around and around. Barbara squeaked and giggled once she realised just who it was. Once her feet were back on solid ground she twisted so that they could hug properly.

"She didn't cause you too much trouble while you were away?" Ian asked Howard, clapping a hand to his shoulder. He wasn't going to hug another man in public. Or in private if he could help it.