[ no doubt she's noticed this by now whenever she says something that really cuts to the core of who he is, but he's not used to this. not used to anyone complimenting on him on the person that he really is, and while he can get off on being praised for his sexual prowess, there's a voice in his head that wants to reject all these things she's telling him. it's probably the whispered voice of yondu, even, convincing him that he's not worth much of anything on his own. his eyes drop a bit, but they find their way back to hers as his fingers brush across the skin of her arm ]

I hope you get how amazing you are too. Really.

I've never met anyone like you. On any planet. In any corner of space.

Nothing's ever made sense to me the way you do.