Asymptote or Adjacent?

So here's to everything coming down to nothing
Here's to silence that cuts me to the core

If we're being honest, Jude wasn't the only one unsure of what they wanted or where they stood. He'd been away for a long time, and things were even more confusing now than when he'd left. She loved him still, of that she was certain - but was it as her best friend, or as her boyfriend? It was hard to say.

She spent as much time as she could at home, not sure exactly when Jude would arrive and not wanting him to come home to an empty house, unsure if he wouldn't just turn around and leave if she wasn't there to answer the door. Or would he let himself in? She wasn't sure what the protocol was for this, and if she were to place a bet, she'd bet that Jude didn't either.

She was in the living room when he arrived, curled up in her favorite chair and gazing, unseeing, into the fire in the hearth. She was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't hear the bell chime from downstairs, and it was only Tarak's welcoming screech that stirred her from thought.

And then she saw him.

She was out of the chair in a flash, for a moment simply standing and staring. Time had been unkind to both of them, it seemed: Jude's hair was longer than it used to be, and he had bags under his eyes that had never been there before. Soh was scarred from her fight with the giant moth; the sweater that she wore didn't quite hide the burn mark that had seared her right side from hip to shoulder, a few errant flames leaving marks up the right side of her neck. It would be easily visible, with her hair piled messily in a bun atop her head, exposing the once-smooth skin to Jude's sight.

Then he opened his arms, and for a moment, all was forgiven.

And she rushed across the room to fling her arms around him.

Where is this going?
Thought I knew for a minute, but I don't anymore

Sohalia