If it were with anyone else in any other situation, Balthier would be much more careful to perform, to calculate how best to satisfy and be satisfied. But he hasn't had hunger like this in a long time, and oh it is freeing. And oh, so affirming to have David doing it right back, fanning that flame of unabated, joyous desire. David's chuckle stirs one in Balthier, and then that mouth is open wider and he's searching the limits of this new configuration.

There's a sweetness to feeling like a teenager, too. Like his heart doesn't know to be afraid and can just revel in the impossible, radiant now.