[He reached up to tug at a curl of hers, sliding his hand around to the back of her neck to tug her closer, to lay back down.]

Hush, darling. I'm sure you've seen most if not all of me by now and as you can see, I'm fine. He didn't even clip me. Can't blame the bloke. All he saw was a black blur moving. I likely scared a few years off him. No harm, no foul.