That didn't take much coaxing; Damen was as liberal with his kisses as a newly wedded man possibly could be. The answer pleased him very much. He smiled, a soft hopeful thing as he gazed at Laurent. "I could not have chosen better."

Very carefully, he arranged his husband's body around his own for the best access, one leg splayed across Damen's lap, before letting himself at last gaze downward to appreciate Laurent in his full glory. The sweep of his eyes left tender caresses everywhere he looked. He slid a hand up the back of Laurent's thigh, almost worshipping. "I'm afraid to tell you how beautiful you are like this."

He met Laurent's eyes once more. There was a smile in Damen's. He let his touch drift over one buttock, then shallowly between. "I never did finish my head-to-toe map of you."