Cougar slides up so that he's a little over her, peering down with great fondness as he kisses her shoulder, up to her neck, then to her lips. "Good," is his emphatic, firm response. "You deserve it." He wraps his arms around her all the tighter, letting out a soft exhalation. He doesn't want to ask if she loves him, because he doesn't want to push her. Not yet.

"No more tears," he insists. "It's happy."