And Balthier would not get tired of the way David leans into his touch, demands his attention.

With David pressing up into his touch, that distance between them is closing again. Balthier curls down to plant kisses on David's collar bone, trailing his nose down near David's heart. He thinks to David's story, to the fact that there should be scars here.

He slips a hand around David's back, holding tightly again, bathing the skin in kisses. His other hand finds his love's face, thumb gently stroking his cheek even as his lips find David's nipple.