"If there's one thing I can promise you, it's that I am who I say I am Sookie. I won't lie to you or keep anything from you." His hands rest on her shoulders. "You can trust me. And I'll always protect you."
His tongue flitted over his lips and he tilted his head, giving her a lopsided grin. "Lookin' at you like how?" Oh he knew exactly how he was looking at her, but this was just too golden a opportunity to let slip through his fingers. "Just gives me incentive to keep doing it, especially if it makes you turn such a delicious shade of red."
Nodding he stepped back. "I'll be down here waitin'."