"I wouldn't had said it if I didn't," he promises. "I mean it, Kate. I don't want nobody else but you. I couldn't even imagine such a thing, it ain't right. I'm in love with you, no matter what scars y'got or what we're in the middle of."

He kisses the scar once again, before he moves to nuzzle gently at her neck, pressing lingering kisses against the water droplets left by her still-damp hair.