She stroked his back and let her eyes close slowly.

He stroked the back of the girl's head, like a baby's with the short hair.

Certainly long enough not to miss the way the woman was stroking the young man's back.

He raised an arm and stroked the back of his head.

She stroked the back of his hand with her finger.

With his right, he strokes the back of Maria's head.

Not a front thought, but something stroking the back of his brain, almost like.

"And want nothing so much as never to see each other again," she agreed, stroking his back.

He took her hand in his and lightly stroked the back.

She released him and immediately stroked the back of his head.