"Come here, moya kroshka."  He reached out for her, and she went to him.  He drew her into his arms, and she mewled a bit in pleasure before she could stop herself and he chuckled a bit.  "And you wonder why I call you kitten," he teased.  She blushed again, hiding her face in his chest, but the moment of humor did not last long.  Before she had become soulbound to him, she would never have thought of Dolohov as especially loving, but ever since his release from Azkaban he had been just as wonderful as her other partners with her, and she could feel his genuine concern and warmth through the bond they shared.  It did help a little, but she thought of Severus again and the tears came for real this time. 