There's no reason at all Meredith should be surprised by that when she already knew, but logic's never had much to do with it. It's not as if they've made any secret of it, not like a man promises just anyone he'll always come back, but hearing it is different anyway and she takes a shallow, startled breath and closes her eyes a little tighter. "You won't lose me," she says, pulling back enough to see him. She's still overwhelmed by all of it and still awed by the way it warms her, looking at him, hearing that, but if he can brave it, so can she, though it makes no sense to her that she could scare anyone like that. "You're not going to. You couldn't. I love you, okay? I'm not going anywhere."