She held the kiss as long as she could, hands holding on tightly as her fingers stroked against his skin. She was adjusting, she could handle it... At the apology, she only huffed a pained laugh and shook her head. "Don't apologize, I... I got this."

As if to reassure him herself, she let both hands fall to the blankets to hold on, arching her hips up against him in encouragement.