He could tell she had relaxed a little, and that was a start, a pretty damned good start considering. He gave it another few minutes, until he was clinging a little too tightly to her sides and his lips had moved down to her throat in his desire to have more of her, before his hand ran down to her hip and the back of thigh, before he started helping her out of her pants. Everything else was starting feel pretty far away, for him, and he was grateful.