Grace smiles, looking up at him, and leans in to kiss him properly. "Then I guess that settles that," she murmurs. She could hardly say no to him anyway, but she likes hearing these things anyway. Knowing he cares for her and hearing it expressed are separate things. The former may matter more, but the latter is so very comforting, the kind of thing she could just soak in like a good, warm bath. She can't remember the last time she felt as good as he makes her feel, not in this way, reaching right through and wrapping around her.
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