I let him go long ago, she thought, stroking his face.

He lay on a single bed + I sat beside him and stroked his face.

He opened his eyes, reached out and stroked her face.

He gave me a gentle smile and kept stroking my face.

He rolled onto his side and gently stroked her face.

He stroked her face once, using one finger, then walked away.

She reached up and stroked his face with her palm.

The doctor raised the tip and began stroking her face with it.

She reached out in the darkness and stroked his face.

He stroked her face then, gently, so that she could almost remember what it had been like in the beginning.