What a beautiful piece of writing--and I don't even know these characters! That didn't seem to stop me from enjoying it... There was a universalness to it despite my want for backstory (I spied a comment telling of scars).

Perhaps I'll have to check the books out--I see you've give someone a quick rec on where to start.

I love your phrasing throughout: her fingers continued their nimble dance down his chest until his shirt hung open--so much nicer than focusing on the mechanics of lacings or buttons or whatever. I also liked the 'pooling' of the shirt.

Glad I got to read.