As they settled down into the blankets further, he kissed her again for good measure, and then held her look. She was...god, just so very beautiful.

"Thank you."

Then, there was a comfortable - well, all right, not 100% comfortable, call it 99% comfortable - silence, where they didn't need to talk about it anymore, but could just be. These were the moments when he loved her the most, truth be told. When he could just lay here quietly with her and feel accepted and connected and not so unutterably lonely anymore.