Emmeline nodded silently as she watched him and listened. The hand on her knee added a warmth to her leg as it rested there. She easily allowed for her own hand to be placed against his neck, to feel the warmth of his bare skin then. Her thumb ran gentle circles there, feeling the soft skin and baby fine hairs.

A simple and sweet smile spread on her lips as his own hand was placed onto her neck and she heard his last words before he kissed her. They'd kissed before, plenty of times, but there was something different about this kiss. She didn't pull away quickly and he didn't seem to plan to either but it was still a soft and sensual sort of kiss and unlike any of their kisses before.

She kissed him back. Not with aggression or fervor, but with a sweet sincerity that someone learning as they went could only provide. An almost inaudible sigh left her, perhaps from the tension that had built up to get to that point as she fed into that kiss. He'd have to be the one to break away because all Emmeline knew and wanted in that moment was for the kiss to remain no matter what direction it went in or if it stayed as it was.

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