When I wasn't beside you

She didn't immediately respond, but dragged her teeth down his chin. A slow groan left him and he buried his head in her neck, breathing her in. Her answer, when it came, was whispered in his ear. He was almost too far gone, he wasn't sure what she would have done if she had rejected him. 

He arched up into her caress as she trailed kisses down towards his neck. “Delphi” he whimpered, pulling her down, and pressing into her. 

There was an awkwardness, with neither really knowing what to do. But he knew the mechanics of it. “Delphi, I love you.” He whispered in her ear, catching his teeth on the edges of the appendage.