Whatever he'd said, whatever had gotten through to her in those few moments he wasn't going to complain, not for one second, he returned the kiss with no hesitation, letting her lead things, actually rather enjoying that she'd finally taken the initiative. Oh he could reverse their positions without a second thought, but for now, he wasn't planning to do any such thing. For a little while he just gave in, Caroline was kissing him, she'd initiated it and gone was the gentleness of before. This was her finally, completely, letting go.
She was fierce when she gave into it and he could just let it happen, could just ignore that niggling voice in the back of his head telling him to make sure, to find out if she really did want this.
Goddammit.
His hands were in her hair again, which was probably a distraction to the poor girl. But he couldn't stop, he'd barely managed to stop the kiss just long enough to meet her gaze, piercing eyes, searching her own, trying to find something, some proof that this was exactly what she desired. "Are you sure?" he asked her, just three words, to which if he got his answer he'd be more than happy to fulfill every desire the girl could imagine and a thousand more besides. She just had to be sure