He lets her rest her head against his chest, much as he wants to do otherwise, to hook his fingers under her chin, force her to look at him. He figures she deserves the closeness, knows the reason for it, and doesn't want to take that away from her. More than that, he figures he can communicate what he wants to say with the right amount of passion without making her look at him.

That in mind, he buries a hand in her hair and softly but seriously, he tells her, "I love you. And stupid as it's gonna sound, I'll hurt anyone who tries to tell you you're not enough, for any reason." It sounds very frat boy-ish, he knows, but well. It's true.