"I will never get tired of hearing that." He laughed. It was good to hear but he was just messing about saying that. "Well, I like a woman who knows what she wants and what to do and is more than capable of keeping me in my place. You are definitely both those things" There went the tops of his ears again, going red as he admitted that. But that wasn't his real reason. It was a big part of it but his real reason was simpler.
"People forget about me, don't want me, whatever… more since I came home but you don't." He felt out of place. It was hard for him to explain how he felt sometimes. "You’ve never given up on me even when everyone else had." He felt he was failing at finding the right words. Or at least he felt he was failing at them. She made him feel wanted which given how badly he felt sometimes was a wonderful, special feeling that he wanted more than anything. "You're... you make me feel things again."
If there was one person he didn't want to keep away now it was her. He mumbled something else that wasn't really anything and smiled at her. "And of course you are beautiful but I'm not allowed to say that."