<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc">Alexi blinked as Lucian pulled away, having forgotten about their link for a moment. He let out a little sigh, resting his head on Lucian’s shoulder. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">“I… that's not…”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he fumbled around for the right words, and also how to explain what he’d been thinking.</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6"> “Ayla’s asleep. And even still… my mind… I can almost hear her teasing me about how I’m acting like a virginal schoolgirl…”</span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ffcc"> he didn’t want to look at lucian, having said that.</span>