"I won't. I won't leave, I promise."

Just words, he knows, but he's made her promises before, and he did all within his power to keep them. It'll be the same with this one, no matter what. He couldn't bear to break her heart again.

He moves his hands up, his arms folding between them so he can cup both sides of her face, leaning in again to press a slow and lingering kiss to her lips, warm and passionate, as if to seal the promise he's just made.