While he wants to do nothing more than spoil her and lavish her with gifts - he also does not see any reason to rush, not when they are both comfortable as they are right now.

So he 'allows' her to linger, pulling her body a little closer to his as she kisses him, reaching his hand out to take hold of one of hers, the carved dragon held between their palms.

(He will remember this kiss, each time he thinks of the dragon when it brushes against his skin.)

"I mean every word of it."