Not fair. Not even remotely fair for Henry to look at him that way, to let Alex fall into those eyes and drown there without any hope of ever surfacing again. It didn't feel like some casual hookup, like some throwaway thing or a fling between friends with no one nothing better to do.

It felt like something that would leave him irreversibly changed, and he was chasing it at full speed even so.

He heard that sigh and deliberately let his fingers play against that spot, kissing along Henry's jaw slowly, up to his ear where he breathed a laugh. "So generous, Your Majesty. My Liege."

Now why did some other L word want to slip itself in right there exactly? Dangerous thoughts. Treacherous hearts. "Are you ready for me? I don't know how much longer I can wait to be inside you."