[Presses her head against him and hugs tighter. She wanted to say she just needed more time to think about it, but since (she didn't know if she really did and) there was one thing she needed to ask before that, she pushed the thought aside.]
And you still love me? [The. words. may. have. came. out. wrong. but that meaning behind them was close enough to what she meant to ask, so she didn't feel the need to try again.]