He didn't move any farther down when he felt her fingers sliding down his front, lingering where he was instead and giving her all the time in the world to touch as much of him as she wanted to. His lips wrapped around her nipple and sucked lightly before letting go, kissing his way back up to her neck and jaw, his lips brushing over hers.

His hand slid farther down and rounded her knee in the meantime, slowly trailing up between her legs, warmly tracing along her inner thigh, a gentle touch that was by no means slow or tentative, just careful.