[The gradual switch completes on that soft phrase, that at last they finally had each other again, and Childe loses himself completely under her touch. Every part of him aches, tangling his legs with hers as he deepens their kiss, refusing to break until he's forced to, breathless as they part. What he wouldn't give to be able to lie here forever, finally back in the company of the woman he'd fallen in love with so long ago.

She catches him for another kiss and he gladly obliges, lips soft against his own, making his chest tighten and his mind go sideways. She'd always known how to kiss him in ways that made his mind spin, that left him at her whims and he'd never deny them. Childe only gazes back through heavy-lidded eyes, sighing with content.]

Sorry it took so long. I don't know how long I have, so perhaps that nap can wait. There's still...quite a ways to go.

[Now, his hand wanders downward, to slip underneath her dress, tugging lightly at the undergarments there.]

But I think I can hold on for long enough.