Yes.
The ending is hopeful. One can actually hope that they stay together.
He'd always liked her, he'd always been her friend, and this time, getting involved is her choice.
That he deliberately showed her what it can be like when one is gentle, when she told him he could be rougher since that was what she was used to, speaks well of him.
It's clear that his still being a virgin was not due to his being an insensitive clod.