The whole sight of it was amazing, almost ghosting sensation, definitely sinking heat up his spine and down again into his belly. He felt desperately wet already.

He gave Gannicus's hair a gentle, but authoritative tug, using a voice he reserved most generally for unruly mercenary and never for lovers as he growled down at him, "I never said you could touch me like that, carissime. Behave with your hands, or I'll have to punish you."