There's something about Katniss's naïveté that manages to make itself both intimidating and incredibly endearing. It's a lot to think about knowing that she's never done anything like this before, especially with the age gap between them and everything they've both been through on their own, because that sort of means he holds an awful lot of responsibility that he might not normally want to hold so firmly in his hands. But at the same time, Derek gets to see a part of Katniss that he's pretty confident no one else does, like that mischievous smile and the way she looks up at him after pressing her lips to his palm.

He laughs a little and nods, tilting his head down a little to be closer to her. "Yeah, that's a pretty good start," he teases back before he closes the gap between them and presses his own kiss to her lips. It's quick and chaste, and then he looks back at her, still smiling.

"Are we okay, now?"