Balthier firmly believes hygiene and style are an individual’s choice, but he likes that David is naturally like this. There’s something honest and intimate about it.

Ah the way those lips follow his when he breaks. He grins. “That was not a critique nor an indication that I want you to use other language.”

He shifts his weight onto David, crushing their hands between their torsos as he resumes that probing kiss, expecting David’s tongue to come to meet him. Yes, exploring every inch of skin between them is high on his list. And the idea of knowing all of David, from accumulation of time and experience, is enough to drive him mad.