Neal managed a very soft chuckle. It amazed him how easily Nico could make him want to smile even when so few other things did. He stared at himself in the bathroom mirror and dragged a hand through his messy black hair. ::Wishful thinking. We both know it is. So unless you're planning on swimming across an ocean, make do with this:: It was hard at first to realize that his few friend and most important person lived so far away, but he'd grown used to the distance and the impossibility of it all. Maybe he longed to meet, but he figured it would also never happen.