"I love you, too--" she answers, the words quick and quiet, cut away from her by a sharp breath as he sucks at her skin. It's enough to bring her over the edge, her heels digging into his back as she arches against him.

They've done this plenty of times before, but it's as overwhelmingly good as the first time he touched her. Here, beneath the warm spray of the water, supported by his strength and the mercifully thick stone wall, everything feels new.