[He might have pulled back, but when she shifts and presses her mouth to his he lingers a moment... then a longer moment. Kissing her is a wonder, he can almost forget everything else and maybe if he keeps doing it then all the pain he's been in will just float away.]
[Without realizing it his eyes fell shut and he's kissing her with parted lips, more deeply than intended. He doesn't want to stop, even knowing where this would probably lead is faster than he should want to be with anyone. But he does, in a flash of self control he had to fight far too hard for, break the kiss, even if he can't yet pull back even an inch.]
[He's already just a little breathless, making his smoky voice sound almost like a whisper.] I don't want to stop. But... [But that gentleman thing, and so really he's just checking, prodding to see if she'll tell him he doesn't have to.]