[She knows, she doesn't quite understand but she can feel it in how he holds her. How he kisses her. Her kissing in return is also urgent, but urgent to soothe him. Urgent and wanting, if even just for a little bit, remove ... diminish all the pain and loneliness he had from the years without her

She laughs lightly against his mouth at the compliment. Flushing.

Three years later she still blushed when he complimented her. She didn't know what it was about this man that still had her feeling giddy and awkward as she had the first time she realized that she loved him. And yet at the same time allowing the space to feel so bold and knowing] Hmm. And you're just wonderful. [she said nuzzling the side of his face with her nose and lips]