It was a good kiss, the kind that spread warmth through him the same it did when he stepped into a ray of sunlight. Jax leaned up and pressed a kiss back against her, just enjoying the slow and lingering contact.

"I'll let you decide. It's your present, after all." Although if she said yes, Jax was pretty sure it'd really be more of a present for him. "Just know...I'll be ready to ask it. Always wanted to. Always will."

He wanted it to be all the good parts they'd carried and a do over for all the bad that Tara had had to experience on her own.