"I know where every single muscle in your body is, Jhan."I know where every single muscle in your body is, Jhan. Just relax." He tried, but his muscles tensed up against my touch. "Ken," he said, finally getting my attention by addressing me the way I had asked him to. "Please." "Please what?" I asked. "Please don't do this. You're going to make it harder." Awful puns crossed my mind. I ignored all of them. "Jhan, look at me." He turned slowly and stared. "I'm not going to lose you just because I can't do something as simple as kiss you. I'm not going to let one-eighth of my children live in despair because I can't lead them. And I'm damned if I'm going to let Terra's programming stand between me and what's right." I reached out touched his chest, scratched slowly, feeling his nipples under my fingers through the fur. "But, what can we do?" "Jhan, do you really think erolie'-- I guess that's the word, the opposite of entalie'-- only do one thing? There are a lot of things we can do together." I put my hand to his chest and slowly pushed him down to the cushions. "I mean, how do you think we should start?" "I don't know," he admitted honestly. "Well," I said, "Let's start with this." I felt through his fur for one of his six nipples, finding one on his right side and lowering my head to it, taking it in my teeth and playing with it. His whole body went rigid, a deep growl emanating from his throat. "Did that work?" "It... felt good," he admitted. "Then do the same for me." "Father?" "Ken," I said, chastising him gently. |