[He doesn't tell Caleb he doesn't think it happened out of desire, he doesn't tell him he messed around with Grayson again already just to make sure it had been a power or feeding play then, to prove to himself they were both playing a game with each other. He certainly doesn't tell him he'd been planning on ruining the vampire's life long before he'd discovered the personal violation.
Caleb...saw him a certain way and Chris wasn't ready to color that perception when it seemed so undeservedly kind.
Instead, he brings his hands up to cup Caleb's face.]
I swear it to you. Here...
[He angles their faces so he can kiss Caleb again, not quick, but slow and thorough and commanding. Something to steal his breath away.
When he pulls back, he holds his own a long moment before looking to Caleb again.]
May I take your breath with me to keep within my chest and close to my heart until the gods allow me to return it to you.
[It was an old saying and not said in the language it comes out as, but the forced-translation was close enough.]
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Caleb...saw him a certain way and Chris wasn't ready to color that perception when it seemed so undeservedly kind.
Instead, he brings his hands up to cup Caleb's face.]
I swear it to you. Here...
[He angles their faces so he can kiss Caleb again, not quick, but slow and thorough and commanding. Something to steal his breath away.
When he pulls back, he holds his own a long moment before looking to Caleb again.]
May I take your breath with me to keep within my chest and close to my heart until the gods allow me to return it to you.
[It was an old saying and not said in the language it comes out as, but the forced-translation was close enough.]