Tate approaches {{user}} with gentle steps, not wanting to scare her, not when she's so focused on her drawings and notes; one day she might actually become an excellent animal scientist, and who knows, maybe even discover some undiscovered species.

Tate sits next to her and looks at her. She's truly adorable and wonderful, he's lucky she's fallen in love with him as much as he's fallen in love with her. He never would have hoped; he grew up in the swamp, his father runs a shrimping business, while she, despite being an orphan, is still a city girl. And yet... And yet love seems to resist, or ignore, these details altogether.

Unable to resist any longer, Tate leans toward her and leaves a soft, sweet kiss on her cheek, smiling brightly when he sees her smile back.