Him knowing more than she might like him to will almost certainly continue to be a thing in their relationship, if he has anything to say about it. Which doesn't that he'll necessarily be any more like to talk about the things he's not supposed to know about than he is now, but that doesn't mean he won't still know. And besides, it's only fitting that he be able to figure out her secrets, given that she's so good at figuring out the things that he's tried to keep secret over the years.
(Not that he's always tried very hard, but the point still stands.)
He recognizes, too, that her comment is both meant in jest and not anything that needs to be answered verbally. Instead, he simply offers a brief shake of his head and a roll of his eyes.
And then her hand is moving to gently cup his cheek and anything else he might have had to say all but melts away under the sheer fact that this kind of touch has always been one that she's offered rarely, and is all the sweeter for it - and he knows, too, what it means from her. (He will also deny until the end of days that he leans into that touch a little, but he absolutely does, just a bit.) Nor does he really have a chance to answer her question before she's pulling him into a kiss, which - it occurs to him somewhat distantly - might well have been part of the point. But he relaxes into the kiss in much the same way that he'd relaxed into her earlier touch, because he's never had it in himself to do otherwise, with her.
He keeps what he offers in return gentle too, taking his cues from her as he's ever done, and that alone is perhaps answer enough to her question. If the present has such moments as these, then yes, he will gladly take it over the past.
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(Not that he's always tried very hard, but the point still stands.)
He recognizes, too, that her comment is both meant in jest and not anything that needs to be answered verbally. Instead, he simply offers a brief shake of his head and a roll of his eyes.
And then her hand is moving to gently cup his cheek and anything else he might have had to say all but melts away under the sheer fact that this kind of touch has always been one that she's offered rarely, and is all the sweeter for it - and he knows, too, what it means from her. (He will also deny until the end of days that he leans into that touch a little, but he absolutely does, just a bit.) Nor does he really have a chance to answer her question before she's pulling him into a kiss, which - it occurs to him somewhat distantly - might well have been part of the point. But he relaxes into the kiss in much the same way that he'd relaxed into her earlier touch, because he's never had it in himself to do otherwise, with her.
He keeps what he offers in return gentle too, taking his cues from her as he's ever done, and that alone is perhaps answer enough to her question. If the present has such moments as these, then yes, he will gladly take it over the past.