She squeezes back, then runs her fingers lightly over the back of his hand, finding that she doesn't want him to move it away. She's not quite smiling, but she looks grateful for his opinion, nodding starkly.

"I know he'd have wanted me to be happy. Sometimes it's just a little hard to actually take hold of that."

((Wow I totally meant La Rochelle and not New Rochelle in that last tag, they were not fighting the war in New York State DX))