He is gentle, she'll grant him that. Frankly, at the moment, she'll grant him plenty of compliments: gentleness, a tender smile, soft hair, good taste in wine, an uncanny ability to make her draw in a sharp breath when he kisses her jaw, and many more beyond.

She's fond of him, that's what it comes down to. That's as far as it goes.

After a few moments, the sensation of him filling her is no longer a strange novelty but a simple fact. And when he moves with a little more purpose, it's not at all unpleasant--which might sound like damning with faint praise, but it comes with the twitch of her own hips and a faint little noise as she runs her fingers through his hair.